CFOs and their financial teams spend only 17 percent of their time on the strategic activities and analysis organizational leaders and stakeholders expect, according to a new "CFO Indicator" report. That's because they'r
President Trump's rescission of federal guidance allowing transgender students to use school facilities in accordance with their gender identity has sowed confusion among schools struggling with how best to accommo
Lerner Community Day School in North Carolina is one of dozens of Jewish organizations, including preschools, that have received bomb threats since January. The school was evacuated last Wednesday, February 15. No&n
It's not just students who benefit from project based learning and a flipped classroom. Faculty and staff are more engaged in professional development activities when they are engaged with authentic problems and set thei
Contrary to popular opinion, top executive talent isn't highly motivated by compensation, says business professor Roger L. Martin. What's more effective: Treat highly productive leaders as distinct individuals, and make
It's not enough to disclose plans to conduct a background check on a prospective employee. You must also make that disclosure "clear and conspicuous" in a document that is not combined with any other disclosures, ac
Message boards on residence-hall doors are an old tradition in boarding schools, but what happens when they, too, become conduits for bullying? Effective with next school year, Michigan State University wi
What's with college endowments' negative 2 percent rate of return in 2016 -- while the Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 13 percent? Two words: hedge funds.
Single-sex schools remain a small but distinct segment of the K-12 independent school sector, and they may be slowly coming back into favor among public schools as well, as administrators seek to lift the academic a
Watch out for phishing and phone scams, along with identity theft, fake charities and more, this tax season. In its annual list of 12 "Dirty Dozen" tax scams, the federal taxation agency reminds independent school b
You can't beat Montreal for a great student destination, according to the latest ranking of study destinations from QS Best Student Cities 2017. The Canadian city usurped Paris, which had topped the list for the last fou
Is gender equity closer to reality in K-12 independent schools than in higher education? According to NBOA research, about 60 percent of independent school top business and operational leaders are women. But new res
There's Mom and Dad and the grandparents, there are college savings plans, and now there's GoFundMe. In looking for other ways to foot the college tuition bill, more than 130,000 students turned to the social fundraising
Potentially coming soon to a campus near you: "listicles." A growing list of colleges and universities are using BuzzFeed to market to prospective students, experimenting with the internet giant's use of n
What employee retirement plan records must your school retain, and for how long? ERISA requires employers to keep some records for a six-year period, but it may make sense to keep certain records even longer, whether to
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How's the gender composition on your school's board of trustees? If women hold more than one in five of those seats, you're ahead of most large U.S. companies not only in gender parity, but possibly also i
Looking to hire and retain in-demand employees? Independent schools have always stood out with their collegial environments and built-in attributes like free use of dining and fitness facilities, but the bar continues to
Members of the higher education community worldwide have condemned Donald Trumps executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Within days of the order, immigration
"Freedom to develop and tweak curriculum, genuine gratitude from parents... and collegiality of highly educated faculty" are among the factors millennial teachers and staff appreciate in independent schools, ac
What impact could Betsy DeVos, the newly confirmed secretary of education, have on independent preK-12 schools? While few specifics about matters such as academic standards emerged in contentious Senate hearings over her
