Employment
Human Resources
So much for job-hopping. College-educated millennial employees — those born between 1981 and 1998 — are more likely to stick with their employers than members of Generation X were at the same age. According to data from
Chances continue to dim for new overtime rules that would make more workers eligible for overtime. In the latest blow to regulations released by the Obama administration last May, and then blocked in November, the Depart
As independent schools reconfigure their libraries to support more digital materials and learning habits, some college libraries are nearly doing away with books altogether. At the University of California Berkeley, two
Despite declines in some areas, the U.S. teaching workforce grew 46 percent between the school years ending 1988 and 2012, according to a significant new study based on data from the Schools and Staffing Survey. Growth a
Accounting
Cash Management
Finance executives want to improve their processes for monthly reporting, budget and forecasting, and cash flow management, but barely half of them budgeted funding for new accounting, finance or reporting software in 20
CFOs looking for credible, independent financial information may want to reconsider some of what they've read on top-rated financial news sites. The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that sites including F
Leadership
Risk Management
The release last week of a 50-page report documenting decades of sexual abuse at a Connecticut boarding school underscores a profound shift in how independent schools are handling such allegations. Whereas incidents in t
Whether due to driver error, mechanical failure or poor weather, many accidents involving school buses can be prevented or managed if schools and operators follow proactive risk management procedures, including having ad
A major study of faculty compensation in U.S. colleges and universities finds gender-based pay disparities at all faculty ranks. In "Visualizing Change," released April 11, the American Association of University Professo
Governance
Risk Management
Could a new perfect storm of dangerous financial trends await some independent schools and many other nonprofit organizations? In this editorial, Nonprofit Quarterly Editor in Chief Ruth McCambridge cautions nonprofit ar
Risk Management
Technology
Second only to equipment failure, data breaches and cyber attacks have become leading organizational threats, according to a recent study of senior financial executives. Nearly 60 percent said their organizations had bee
A quarter of all American employees have taken time off work to care for a family member, and another quarter who haven't yet done so say they are likely to take such leave in the future. More employees have taken leave
CFOs might not think to track data of intangible assets like customer experience, but such assets are essential to growing business. Financial leaders can work with HR professionals to develop key performance indicators
It's not too early to prepare for potential changes in school choice policies and voucher programs, which promise to be a top priority to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Schools should consider formi
Endowment returns and overall giving disappointed last year, but colleges and universities saw a surge in eight- and nine-figure donations. From January through December of 2016, donors made 194 gifts of $10 mi
The evolution of the school library continues. In a study of 722 nonprofit colleges and universities, library deans and directors said they're continuing to move academic libraries away from serving primar
Nearly 14 million email accounts associated with the 300 largest higher education institutions in the U.S. are for sale on the "dark web" - the term used for websites that can't be accessed using common web browsers. The
Independent schools have been cautiously optimistic about Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' support for private school choice programs, but charter school supporters are pushing back. In his fiscal 2018 budge
Strategic planning is CFOs' top organizational priority for 2017, and increasing cash flow is their top financial priority, according to Grant Thornton's 2017 CFO Survey. Released March 27, the survey of more than 4
