The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:30:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png It’s Simple Math (Even for University Presidents) – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 It’s Simple Math (Even for University Presidents) https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2007/02/21/its-simple-math-even-for-university-presidents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-simple-math-even-for-university-presidents https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2007/02/21/its-simple-math-even-for-university-presidents/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:47:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2007/02/22/its-simple-math-even-for-university-p?d=20070221114718EST Editor’s Note: This post is by Broc Romanek of TheCorporateCounsel.net.

Yesterday, I was quoted in this Indianapolis Star article as saying that “outside directors should devote 200 hours or more a year to adequately do their jobs.” For those following corporate governance, this shouldn’t be a bombshell, as others have thrown around 200 hours as the post-SOX time commitment for quite a while (see, e.g., the ABA’s Corporate Directors Guidebook).

The article focused on the current President of Purdue University, Dr. Martin C. Jischke, who serves on three boards. Dr. Jischke is quoted in the article as saying that my 200-hour estimate “sounded high.” Probably proving that I take blogging too seriously, I decided to analyze his three directorships:

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