The Kennedy Center board, with Trump appointees, voted to create a new endowment honoring Donald Trump after his name was legally removed from the building. Critics call the move a political elevation over arts advancement.
Turkey's President Erdoğan has ordered the closure of Istanbul Bilgi University, a prominent private institution, following a state seizure of its owner, Can Holding, over alleged fraud and money laundering. The decree cites insufficient educational standards and the foundation's trusteeship as reasons for the closure.
The board of the vocational charity has shown a ‘catastrophic failure of governance’, according to a member of the group’s councilThe trustees of City & Guilds London Institute have been accused of attempting to dodge accountability for a “catastrophic failure of governance” by stalling on the launch of an independent inquiry into the £166m sale of the vocational charity’s training and accreditation business last October.Members of the 148-year-old body voted overwhelmingly last month for the trustee board to trigger what would be the third investigation into how the foundation sold its operations to the private operator PeopleCert in October. Continue reading...
Tata Trusts believes existing permanent trustees don't need reappointment under Maharashtra's new ordinance, based on legal advice that the law doesn't apply retrospectively. The Maharashtra Public Trusts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 caps perpetual trustees at one-fourth of a trust's total strength, affecting Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Tata Education and Development Trust where at least half trustees hold perpetual status. The ordinance took effect September 1, 2025, amid ongoing scrutiny following Mehli Mistry's allegations of procedural breaches and fiduciary lapses.
