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CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Leadership

Homage to “The Holdovers”

A fictional boarding school in the 70s gets big screen treatment, and school business impacts every piece of the action.
5 min read
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Voices from the Field  

  • Change Management
  • | Leadership

2024 NBOA Annual Meeting: Brett Jacobsen: Chasing Signals of Change

NBOA Breakfast speaker Brett Jacobsen shares tips for cultivating a culture of innovation and adaptability within independent schools, laying the foundation for transformative growth.
6 min read
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Strategies  

  • Employee Leave
  • | Hiring
  • | Salary

Hiring a Permanent Substitute This item is protected.

A position created late in the pandemic continues to ensure faculty and staff wellbeing.
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  • Compensation Strategies
  • | Employee Benefits
  • | Survey

Mission-Anchored Compensation Strategies: A Sampling

Following extensive research, NBOA has developed a suite of resources to help leaders at independent schools of every size, type and context recruit and retain mission-aligned professionals.
6 min read
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  • Compensation Strategies
  • | Employee Benefits
  • | Research

Benchmarking 2022-23 Paid Time Off Benefits This item is protected.

A recent flash survey shows different approaches to paid leave, including vacation and personal days, and paid parental leave.
5 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership
  • | Membership

Cheers to Camaraderie in 2023

Amidst the holiday cheer, the NBOA staff reflect on a year of accomplishments, celebrating milestones and setting a course for the future.
3 min read
LA PIETRA
  • Crisis Management
  • | Enrollment
  • | Risk Management

Educational Resilience in Maui's Wildfire Aftermath

In the wake of the Maui wildfires, La Pietra – Hawai‘i School for Girls took swift and decisive action to alleviate the impact on the affected community.
4 min read
  • Leadership
  • | Membership

The Best of Net Assets Magazine 2023

In NBOA's 25th-year, Net Assets magazine focused on critical issues in independent schools, from navigating the challenges of inflation to fostering inclusive environments.
4 min read
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Feature  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

2024 NBOA Annual Meeting: Bertice Berry: Smarter Together

Drawing on her perspectives as both a sociologist and a comedian, NBOA Luncheon Award speaker Bertice Berry discusses the importance of learning from each other.
12 min read
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Other Duties As Assigned  

  • Communication
  • | Leadership

Balancing the Books and the Brand

This business officer has overseen marketing and communications when needed — including during the Covid pandemic.
4 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Employment
  • | Leadership

Our Sometimes Forgotten Hiring Advantage

In a hot labor market, independent schools’ mission offers a distinct advantage over non-educational employers.
4 min read
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Strategies  

  • Enrollment
  • | Survey

A Match Made in Data This item is protected.

Kimball Union Academy’s enrollment and finance teams share an attention to data that builds the partnership.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Research
  • | Tuition

A Tuition Discounting Pulse Check This item is protected.

Trends in the tuition discount rate, discount types, administering discounts, funding discounts and more.
6 min read
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  • Budget
  • | Financial Aid

Betting on Change in Financial Aid

Leaders in independent school financial aid offer their take on the current terrain — plus NBOA’s Financial Aid Fast Facts sheet.
4 min read
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  • Legal
  • | Regulatory Updates
  • | Salary

NBOA and NAIS Advocate for Reasonable Overtime Rules This item is protected.

NAIS and NBOA are advocating to ensure proposed changes to FLSA overtime rules do not threaten the viability of our schools.
3 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Boards and Trustees
  • | Leadership

Curiosity Creates the Leader

Curiosity may be school leaders’ number one trait to guide our schools through increasingly unpredictable waters.
4 min read
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  • Compliance
  • | Legal

Post-Affirmative Action, Is Financial Aid Next? This item is protected.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action in college admissions, financial aid practices may receive more scrutiny.
4 min read
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  • Enrollment
  • | Tuition

Micro Schools Test Flexible Tuition This item is protected.

Wildflower Schools, based across the U.S., have adapted their tuitions to meet community needs and fulfill their missions.
12 min read
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Financial Aid
  • | Research

Telling Our Financial Aid Story

The financial aid plot is shifting as dollars increase and diversity numbers fall.
6 min read
Cheshire Academy
  • Change Management
  • | Enrollment
  • | Tuition

Returns on a Reset This item is protected.

To boost harvest yield, gardeners must prune early growth. Likewise, an independent school may at some point need to cut its tuition or “reset” the sticker price in order to grow net tuition revenue.
12 min read

ON THE HORIZON

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