Q. Will things change now that boards are becoming more diverse?

The more independent the board has become from the Police Department, the less effective its investigations are.

The boards are becoming more hands-on investors, too, according to real estate professionals.

In too many districts, boards have become more focused on hiring and re-election than academics.

But now with the market higher, boards are becoming less sympathetic.

This is partly because the boards of media companies have become more pliable, said several industry experts.

His boards have slowly become collector's pieces often passed down through generations.

People involved with the school system contend that the local boards have become little more than new versions of political clubhouses.

Still, boards have become more open to experimentation and even failure.

Even those few boards that remained beneath his feet were becoming insubstantial.