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Employment
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Hiring
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Marketing
To combat teacher shortages, consider pipeline programs, housing incentives, teacher training centers, and targeted marketing.
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Other Duties As Assigned
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Admission
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Enrollment
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Leadership
After a career transition, a dedicated parent volunteer-turned-development officer took on the business office as well when the need arose at her small school.
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Projections
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Leadership
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Marketing
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Membership
NBOA’s rebranding positions our incredible community as one that is more accessible and approachable to a wider range of school roles and school types.
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Two schools, one on the West Coast and the other on the East, have significantly increased their enrollment following sweeping changes.
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Crisis Management
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Enrollment
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Risk Management
In the wake of the Maui wildfires, La Pietra – Hawai‘i School for Girls took swift and decisive action to alleviate the impact on the affected community.
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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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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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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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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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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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Feature
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Communication
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Leadership
How to create efficiency and effectiveness using the Entrepreneurial Operating System.
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Digital education can support the independent school business model in two primary ways.
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Business Intelligence
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Enrollment
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Research
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Tuition
A school’s location can play a role in their financial operations.
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A strong partnership between the chief business officer and chief advancement officer leads to better outcomes in all areas of school business, from tuition revenue to planned giving.
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International
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Membership
Though NBOA has had schools outside the U.S. in its membership from very early days, the mid-2010s marked a period of growth for the organization’s international member base.
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Data on discounting in terms of need, remission and other related data points by tuition levels.
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