(from the Journal of Accountancy) Even as nonprofits implement new FASB standards for revenue recognition and financial reporting, the accounting standard-setting organization is considering four potential issues for fut
(from Education Next) Blended learning uses school time in a unique way, combining online instruction with traditional methods and giving students more agency over how, when and where they learn. Multiple activities happ
(from Bloomberg Technology) As smartphones proliferate and internet quality improves, India’s online education industry is projected to grow five-fold to 9.6 million paid users by 2021. The company that seems most poised
Communication
Parent Organizations
(from Harvard's Kennedy School) How to get parents to pay attention to your school's text alerts? By auto-enrolling them, whereby very few opt out, according to field research by educators at Harvard and Columbia. Moreov
(from Inside Higher Ed) In 2013, the University of Dayton started a new fixed net-price tuition plan, promising most students that their financial aid packages would rise in lockstep with any increases in tuition sticker
(from The 74) The Wildflower chain of micro-schools takes Montessori’s model a step further, operating as one-room schoolhouses, led solely by teachers, that aim to make personalization a definition rather than a descrip
(from the Nonprofit Quarterly) “Google is a digital truth serum," said Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of Everybody Lies, based on his study of data from Google Trends. "People tell Google things that they don’t tell to
(from CUPA HR) Ready to weigh in on the overtime rule — again? After months of uncertainty over the fate of the Obama Administration's changes to the 2004 overtime rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Depart
(from Nonprofit Quarterly) Even as some independent schools consider developing or expanding early childcare programs, data suggest that the costs incurred in caring for infants and toddlers exceed those of caring for pr
(from CFO.com) The second-quarter Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey found that uncertainty about U.S. regulatory and trade policies, reflecting Donald Trump's slow start in Washington, is puttin
(from RealClearEducation) For people in higher education, the news that Purdue University, Indiana’s public land-grant university, will buy Kaplan University, an online for-profit school, was an earthquake whose tremors
[from Bakersfield.com] The recent and seemingly commonplace barrage of school violence and threats puts into sharp focus the need for increased safety and security measures in schools. It is becoming more important for t
[from Inside Higher Ed] The financial fortunes of large and small private universities are veering in opposite directions, with small colleges under growing pressure, according to research released Monday by Moody’s Inve
[from Gulf Business] Up to 30 percent of private schools in Saudi Arabia may have to close as a consequence of the Tadaruj system, which prevents the registration of any school that operates in a building not originally
[from the Chronicle of Philanthropy] Returns ranged from tepid to dismal in 2016 for most nonprofit endowments. Despite being optimistic about the markets in 2017 and confident about long-term investment prospects, endow
[from Inside Higher Ed] The University of Pennsylvania started using a new approach to the first review of applications in 2013. It's called the "committee-based" system and it is designed to make it possible to review i
[from the Washington Post] The just-concluding academic year has been a coming-of-age story of sorts for Ron Brown College Preparatory High School. It opened in August in Northeast Washington’s Deanwood neighborhood as t
[from Insurancejournal.com] Total aggregated economic losses from severe weather in the U.S. during May was set to exceed $4 billion, while public and private insurers face a combined payout approaching an estimated $3 b
Employee Benefits
Human Resources
[from Nonprofitquarterly.com] According to a recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the percentage of privately insured American adults age
