Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion

NBOA’s Commitment to DE&I 6 min read

Our schools are committed to DE&I, and so is NBOA. This important work is intentionally never-ending.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Parent Organizations

Mission & Motivation: Uncomfortable in a Comfortable Place 6 min read

Diversity and inclusion leadership training pushed this business officer outside her comfort zone — by design.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Enrollment

5 Minutes with Derrick Gay: Mirrors and Windows 9 min read

How can schools frame diversity so that everyone feels included in the term, not just selected groups?
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

2020 NBOA Annual Meeting: Courageous Conversations: Soledad O'Brien 5 min read

Broadcaster Soledad O’Brien explains how she draws diverse voices into critical discussions.

CEO Notebook  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Employment
  • | Leadership

Servant Leadership, Stronger Leadership 4 min read

Business officers may be natural servant leaders, but can also consciously cultivate diversity of thought, trust and future leadership.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Admission
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Enrollment

5 Minutes with Amada Torres: Changing Faces 7 min read

What changing demographics mean for independent schools, and how schools can strategize to meet new challenges.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Enrollment
  • | Tuition

Where Diversity Meets the Bottom Line 3 min read

The Gordon School’s individualized tuition model has helped drive a more inclusive and economically sustainable school community.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

5 Minutes with Dallas Joseph: the Man Behind the Curtain 10 min read

The 2019 recipient of the Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award credits some of his success to mentors and colleagues. But don’t mistake his modesty for a lack of ambition. Leadership “is something I run toward.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

Mission & Motivation: Our Founding, Our Future 4 min read

A momentous school anniversary can provide opportunities to rekindle alumni relations, build connections among current students and strengthen town-gown relationships.

Projections  

  • Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity: the Business Case and Beyond 4 min read

To truly innovate and map out a mission-centered, financially sustainable future, we must harness our best thinking. This calls for greater diversity of thought, experiences and perspectives.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Hiring
  • | Human Resources

A Visible Difference: Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Faculty and Staff 15 min read

High performance teams of independent school faculty and staff don't merely reflect the increasing diversity of the students they serve. They also bring a greater diversity of experiences, perspectives and ideas. 

5 Minutes with  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

5 Minutes with Roderick White: Diversity Beyond the Visual 7 min read

At a school where cultivated diversity drives enrollment demand, this administrator facilitates everything from classroom discussions to faculty hiring.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Legal
  • | Policy

Preparing for Transgender Students and Faculty 3 min read

Transgender individuals make up just 0.6 percent of the population, but schools should prepare policies to address them because of potential complications involving accommodations as well as a risk of bullying and harass
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Admission
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Tuition

Mission & Motivation: Balancing Affordability and Socioeconomic Diversity 4 min read

A head of school says that consciously engaging in difficult conversations about economic disparities has helped to create a more inclusive and accessible school.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Facilities
  • | Policy

Beyond Bathroom Bills: More Schools Go Gender-Neutral on Restrooms, Policies 2 min read

Independent schools have always had students and staff whose gender identities do not correspond to their genders at birth, but only recently — spurred partly by national debates over “bathroom bills” defining access to

Projections  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Enrollment
  • | Financial Aid

The Grinnell Effect 3 min read

A small college’s strategic pivot illuminates a brighter path forward for struggling K-12 schools.

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