For this business officer, the therapeutic riding center is "a place of phenomenal commitment, profound connections, laughter and joy."
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Risk & Compliance
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
They're a part of every school's culture and legacy. They're also fraught with risk.
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Mission & Motivation
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Communication
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Enrollment
"100 years gave us a story. A strategic hire gave us a voice to tell it."
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“Why do we call it a ‘retreat’ if our purpose is to move forward?”
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Your school's capital spending ratio reflects the health of its most valuable asset.
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Ever-increasing staffing costs prompt more schools to rethink the traditional classroom model.
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Let's unleash independent schools' best potential at a time when our country may very well need it most.
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Employee Benefits
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Professional Development
PD funding must serve the entire institution, not just the interests of individuals. Real money is at stake.
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Finally, some new insight on the future of FLSA for independent schools.
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How do introverts lead in a world that conflates extroverted behavior with leadership?
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Procedures
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Risk Management
Your school has probably received fishy requests for bank transfers. A forensic analysis of your email system can help prevent staff from falling for them.
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Out to pasture for another independent school tradition? At-will employment laws build case against presumption of year-long employment.
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Change Management
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Leadership
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Planning
Is it time to consider merging with another school? “Everybody wants to be part of a winning team.”
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Endowment
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Enrollment
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Facilities
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Financial Aid
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Leadership
More than 1,300 attendees made the Washington gathering the biggest-ever of independent school financial and operational leaders. A recap in tweets.
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Ripped from the higher-ed textbooks: Schools dig deeper into data to reach new markets, increase inquiries and more accurately read future enrollment trends.
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Major study of tuition price elasticity tracks 259 schools over six years.
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Learning is a cultural process, says 2017 NBOA Annual Meeting keynote speaker Sir Ken Robinson.
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Want greater productivity and efficiency at your school? Break down the silos, says educational change management consultant Howard Teibel.
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Human Resources
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Labor Law
Amid federal reshufflings in the early days of the new administration, independent school business officers are still in wait-and-see mode regarding the fate of legislation such as the Affordable Care Act and proposed ch
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From the archives: Six small independent schools, four years of 990 data and some universal truths about financial sustainability.
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