Enrollment & Financial Aid

A small group of students chats around a picnic table beside a green sports field.

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Communication
| Enrollment
| Tuition

The Why Behind the Discount: Four Case Studies This item is protected.

Four schools in four different markets award financial aid in four different ways – all with outcomes that support their mission and meet their goals.

13 min read

Projections

Enrollment
| Legal

Public Funding, Independence and Intentional Decision-Making

As more opportunities for public funding arise, independent school leaders must keep their eyes open to both the benefits and risks.

8 min read

CEO Notebook

Financial Aid
| Leadership
| Tuition

The Affordability Imperative

Shifting applicant demographics, rising aid expenditures and the search for a true "both/and" approach to financial aid, with NAIS’s Mark Mitchell.

6 min read

Business Intelligence

Financial Aid
| Research
| Tuition

What’s Your School’s Discounting DNA? This item is protected.

An approach that balances need-based aid and remission is the most common of 9 approaches identified through data analysis.

10 min read

Enrollment
| Leadership
| Membership

Unsung Hero: Tim Rutherford, Lakefield College School

From enrollment and fundraising to refereeing the hockey team, Rutherford pairs financial expertise with a people-first approach.

2 min read

Leadership
| Membership
| Tuition

Unsung Hero: William A. Potter, Waring School

Potter transformed key business functions, from financial aid and retirement benefits to technology and campus planning.

2 min read

Projections

Enrollment
| Governance
| Planning

To Close or Not to Close: Is That the Question?

It need not be if leaders face their school’s financial reality with open eyes and engage in frank conversation.

7 min read

Enrollment
| Leadership
| Membership

Unsung Hero: Cyndi Ludwinski, Miriam School and Learning Center

While the school grew exponentially, Ludwinski transformed systems and steadied the course in every operational area.

2 min read

Black woman using a cellphone in an office

Strategies

Enrollment
| Technology

How Tapping a Mobile App Reinvented Reenrollment This item is protected.

By meeting their families where they are — on WhatsApp — one school has dramatically improved operational processes.

6 min read

CEO Notebook

Enrollment
| Extended Day
| Summer Camp

Make Camp Count

Don’t leave revenue on the table — or miss the opportunity to build a strong connection between your school and the broader community.

6 min read

Communication
| Culture
| Leadership

Practical Steps for Rebuilding School Trust This item is protected.

Sudden leadership changes, faculty departures, and a unionization effort left one school community unsettled. This is how they recovered their equilibrium.

8 min read

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Communication
| Endowment

Growing an Endowment: Four Schools' Stories (Part 2) This item is protected.

Four schools share how they launched and stewarded their endowment to bolster financial sustainability.

7 min read

CEO Notebook

Planning
| Research
| Tuition

Past the Pandemic Bounce: Five-Year Financial Trends that Should be Informing Your Strategy

Key financial indicators analyzed in the latest “Financial State of the Industry” report show some gains for the sector and also areas to train our attention.

4 min read

CEO Notebook