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Diversity and Inclusion
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Human Resources
Reviewing practices in four key areas of operations can help staff and students with disabilities feel more at home in your school and increase the richness of the school community.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Financial Aid
Two schools share strategies for improving socioeconomic inclusion through voluntary, community-led programs and innovative fundraising efforts.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Enrollment
Those in the business office have a distinct role to play in supporting economic diversity and inclusion efforts.
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Technology
When those overseeing physical and digital accommodations work together, the impact on school culture is stronger and more inclusive.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Legal
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Technology
Recent ADA guidance puts new emphasis on making websites and digital assets accessible to all.
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
Business officers are helping schools move beyond aspirational goals toward
real change.
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CEO Notebook
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
As school leaders face another summer of employee “churn,” it is essential to ensure everyone feels comfortable in the school community to improve their chances of retention.
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Voices from the Field
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Membership
Initial insights into different experiences in the independent school business office.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Endowment
Miss Porter’s School has leveraged its large endowment and operating budget to challenge systemic racism. Miss Porter's is one of three schools to receive this year's Innovation Excellence Award.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
Four business officers offer initial insights into diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and their experiences at their schools.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Hiring
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Human Resources
Despite significant changes in hiring processes over the past year, implicit bias remains. It can be mitigated.
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Risk & Compliance
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Hiring
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Human Resources
Make sure your school’s best efforts don’t run afoul of anti-discrimination laws.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
To bring more constituents on board with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, NBOA Breakfast speaker Derrick Gay urges schools to consider the efforts in terms of change management.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
Renowned pianist and opening keynote speaker Jade Simmons explains how everyone can bring creativity into the workplace.
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CEO Notebook
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
Our schools’ missions and values are being put to the test. They should be our guide as we navigate contentious times.
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Change Management
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Diversity and Inclusion
How to build consensus, maintain energy and remain mission-aligned when your school faces questions regarding its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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CEO Notebook
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Hiring
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Performance Management
Recruitment and retention efforts are vital in a hot labor market.
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Strategies
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Facilities
As the pandemic drives more students to independent schools, business officers need to focus on big-picture strategies for tuition policies and other factors.
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5 Minutes with
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Crisis Management
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
When communicating about difficult issues, do not aim to avoid conflict but rather strive to convey the school's work and the spirit in which it is done.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
Last week, from June 21-24, 50 new and relatively new business officers met to learn and connect during NBOA’s first virtual Business Officer Institute. While the program was concentrated compared to previous years, to m
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