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July/August 2021 Issue

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Risk & Compliance  

  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources
  • | Pandemic

Risk & Compliance: Flexible Work Arrangements in a Post-COVID Environment

Schools are not obligated to automatically renew telework accommodations, but they must engage in an interactive process.
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After School  

  • Leadership

After School: A Passion for the Pitch

Coaching youth soccer has helped this chief financial officer forge deeper connections with his colleagues and students.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Research
  • | Tuition

Business Intelligence: Closing the Gap

To mitigate financial risk, focus on closing, rather than filling, the gap.
5 min read
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Safety & Security  

  • Pandemic
  • | Safety and Security

Safety & Security: Coming Out of the Storm

Strong emergency communications and visual alerts helped one school manage a safer return to campus.
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Employee Benefits
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: 10 Tips for Building a Socially Responsible Retirement Plan

Sustainable investing based on environmental, social justice and ethical corporate governance principles can mean higher returns and a better fiduciary future.
7 min read
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Strategies  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Facilities

Strategies: Holding Ourselves Accountable

As the pandemic drives more students to independent schools, business officers need to focus on big-picture strategies for tuition policies and other factors.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

5 Minutes with Chris Lukach: Pivotal Moments

When communicating about difficult issues, do not aim to avoid conflict but rather strive to convey the school's work and the spirit in which it is done.
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  • Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

Courage To Act: Building Community After Sexual Abuse

Victims of sexual abuse, past and present, need clear ways to report misconduct and are most likely looking for caring communication and support, not retaliation.
12 min read

Projections  

  • Financial Aid
  • | Tuition
  • | Tuition Remission

Projections: Tuition Discounting in Unprecedented Times

As the pandemic drives more students to independent schools, business officers need to focus on big-picture strategies for tuition policies and other factors.
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  • Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

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Establishing a standard of care for safeguarding students can be challenging. Lessons from the pandemic can help schools do this effectively.
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  • Leadership
  • | Pandemic

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School business leaders have learned and innovated their way through the pandemic. Now they are looking ahead to how that experience helps shape the “next normal.” Which changes to school business and operations are here
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