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Libraries Rethink Priorities, Look to Data and Digital

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

Now on the Dark Web: School Email Accounts

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

Ed Sec's Private School Agenda Faces Opposition

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 Top CFO Priority

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

What's Next for the ACA? Tweaks to Excise Tax, Reporting Requirements

Following last Friday's failure to pass the Republican-driven AHCA, also known as "Trumpcare" or "Ryancare," the ACA or "Obamacare" remains the law of the land, and employers with more than 50 employees must continue to

Private, Charter Schools Face Cuts Too

It's not just public schools, but private and charter schools as well that will face challenges if the Trump administration's proposed budget passes. While $1.4 billion in additional funding would go towards school

Accounting Principle Changes Are Likely Honest Fixes

When organizations change their accounting principles voluntarily, the motivation is more likely to address shortcomings than to cook the books, a new survey says. Although the media tends to portray such

Benchmarking Stats for Higher-Ed HR

Colleges and universities expect a 2.3 percent increase in faculty and staff pay over the upcoming fiscal year, according to data published by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Rece

Immigration Ban Threatens Teacher Supply

K-12 schools in California, Florida, Texas and New York, among other states, could be particularly hard hit if the Trump administration's plans to reduce the flow of immigration move forward. About 8 percent of K-12 
  • Policy

  • Tax

CFOs to POTUS: No to Tweets, Yes to H1-Bs

The president's off-the-cuff Twitter posts aren't going over well with U.S. CFOs, who cite "the fluctuations and uncertainty" from the 140-character expressions, according to a new Duke University/CFO Global Business Out
  • Facilities

  • Maintenance

  • Safety and Security

Engineers Give Public Schools a D+

Subpar conditions in many U.S. public schools, combined with a poor financial outlook for addressing them, have resulted in a D-plus grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Nationwide school districts sp
  • Employee Benefits

  • Policy

GOP Health Proposal through the Nonprofit Lens

What's ahead for independent schools and health care compliance? In short, it's too soon to tell, meaning the Affordable Care Act remains the law. The Republican majority's plan to repeal and replace President Obama
  • Enrollment

  • International

International Students Pull Back

Applications from international students have declined at nearly 40 percent of U.S. colleges amid perceptions of difficulties getting visas and a less-welcoming climate under the Trump Administration, according to a surv
  • Endowment

  • Investments

Higher-Ed Endowment Fund Targets Small Business Loans

The University of Michigan earmarked about $400 million of its $10.5 billion endowment last year to loans to small businesses around the world, a market that many banks left in order to hold more capital under the D
  • Budget

  • Debt

177 Private Colleges Fail "Financial Responsibility" Test

The balance sheets of 112 nonprofit private colleges and 65 for-profit private colleges failed a test of the U.S. Education Department for financial responsibility for the academic year 2014-2015. The test is based

A Day Without a School

At least two public school districts cancelled classes Wednesday in response to "A Day Without a Woman," which has spawned protests and rallies nationwide as part of the greater International Women's Day e

How to Get Much More from Meetings

Meetings: unproductive time-wasters or linchpins to effective teamwork? Depends on how you approach them, according to experts in leadership development and workplace collaboration. Four strategies for getting
  • Budget

  • Investments

$15k Snapchat Investment Earns Catholic School $24 Million

Maybe the new app your students are using merits closer attention from the school's finance team. A small investment from a California Catholic school's endowment fund paid off big last week when Snapchat, the mobile mes

How Trump's National School Choice Program Might Work

Could Florida's program for funneling public dollars to private schools become a national model under the Trump Administration? In his recent address to Congress, followed by his first official school visit a few days la

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