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Financial Aid
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Key Enrollment
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Tuition
As demands on financial aid budgets increase, it’s more important than ever that aid programs mirror mission, community and strategic goals. Four schools reinvented their approach to make it happen.
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Crisis Management
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Culture
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Policy
The national admissions case highlights anxiety about getting into the right college — and the risk potential independent schools could be facing in the future.
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Independent schools can help families paying tuition through 529 plans or other less common sources understand when they may need to pay additional tax.
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Celebrating 25 years in the business office, Wolford excels at financial planning and rethinking financial aid and tuition strategies.
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Access data and tools that will help you lead your school to financial success.
3 min read
Training therapy dogs provides respite to this business officer, while the dogs she trains help relieve students’ stress.
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Sparks aligned admissions practices with the school’s vision of inclusivity while managing multiple successful leadership transitions at Echo Horizon School.
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Regulatory Updates
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Salary
New salary threshold less onerous for independent schools than once anticipated.
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Improvements to the BIIS data collection platform and The NBOA Financial Dashboard should make budgeting and planning that much easier.
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At each stage of his career, from running a small business to 25 years in the business office, the new NBOA board chair has found strong relationships with colleagues a key to success.
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Sailor established a firm financial foundation for Aspen Academy while overseeing campus renovation and launching a preventative maintenance plan.
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Safety & Security
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Crisis Management
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Facilities
Addressing low-hanging fruit and implementing low-cost solutions could improve your school’s safety.
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CEO Notebook
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Boards and Trustees
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Governance
Three tips for helping your board remain future-looking, mission-centric and resource-aware.
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Which independent schools should consider a merger? All of them. It’s not about profits, but rather perpetuating the mission in a changing marketplace.
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Mayhew’s strategic vision led River Oaks Baptist School through a capital campaign that strengthened endowment and allowed the school to expand.
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Mentorship and extracurricular leadership need not be for faculty alone.
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Benchmarking, data analysis and school-wide brainstorming enabled St. John's Preparatory School to moderate tuition increases, adjust revenue and spending, and enhance its value proposition.
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A champion for positive growth, Kessel managed sweeping campus renovations and construction projects that helped his school realize its vision.
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Conducting a school-wide survey may help boost morale and retention if expectations are clear and employees feel heard.
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Grace Lee will serve as NBOA legal counsel, one of many available resources to help school leaders manage employment practices.
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