Other Duties As Assigned
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Communication
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Leadership
This business officer has overseen marketing and communications when needed — including during the Covid pandemic.
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In a hot labor market, independent schools’ mission offers a distinct advantage over non-educational employers.
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Kimball Union Academy’s enrollment and finance teams share an attention to data that builds the partnership.
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Trends in the tuition discount rate, discount types, administering discounts, funding discounts and more.
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Leaders in independent school financial aid offer their take on the current terrain — plus NBOA’s Financial Aid Fast Facts sheet.
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Legal
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Regulatory Updates
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Salary
NAIS and NBOA are advocating to ensure proposed changes to FLSA overtime rules do not threaten the viability of our schools.
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CEO Notebook
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Boards and Trustees
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Leadership
Curiosity may be school leaders’ number one trait to guide our schools through increasingly unpredictable waters.
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Following the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action in college admissions, financial aid practices may receive more scrutiny.
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Wildflower Schools, based across the U.S., have adapted their tuitions to meet community needs and fulfill their missions.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Financial Aid
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Research
The financial aid plot is shifting as dollars increase and diversity numbers fall.
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Change Management
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Enrollment
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Tuition
To boost harvest yield, gardeners must prune early growth. Likewise, an independent school may at some point need to cut its tuition or “reset” the sticker price in order to grow net tuition revenue.
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Honing our use of generative AI was just one of many takeaways from this year’s NBOA Leadership Academy gathering in Nashville.
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Opening keynote speaker Shawn Kanungo has helped hundreds of business leaders innovate their organizations’ approaches to finance, technology and workplace culture.
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Employee Benefits
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Research
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Salary
NBOA spent more than a year researching compensation trends in independent schools. Resources that leaders can use to consider their own school’s compensation practices are now here.
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Results from a recent survey reveal best practices for enhancing financial governance and strategies for sustained intergenerational equity.
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
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Tuition Remission
NBOA and EMA partner to examine the unique relationship between tuition pricing, financial aid and independent school dynamics.
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CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
A message of humor and inspiration from 2024 NBOA Annual Meeting Speaker Bertice Berry.
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Culture
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Performance Management
Challenging preconceived notions around age is key to understanding generational differences and fostering a collaborative workforce.
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Cybersecurity
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Enrollment
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Tuition
Tuition phishing scams pose a growing threat to independent schools and parents.
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It's up to the business officer to earn trust with faculty. Teaching is one way to do it.
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