Strategies
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Communication
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Policy
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Risk Management
A solid plan to counteract this risk draws on three key principles.
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Risk & Compliance
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Communication
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Crisis Management
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Risk Management
When school leadership feels pressure to take a position, consider this framework.
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Planning
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Professional Development
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Tuition
A data dive identified top levers schools can pull for financial success.
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Recent trends in giving may inspire school leaders to rethink traditional fundraising strategies.
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Communication
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Risk Management
When reputational risks strike, how leaders communicate and connect can determine whether their schools emerge stronger or stumble.
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CEO Notebook
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Change Management
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Communication
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Leadership
It may seem counterintuitive, but vulnerability can be a great strength for independent school business leaders.
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Voices from the Field
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Key Enrollment
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Leadership
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Tuition
The merger of EMA and ERB will provide school business leaders with more data and a more integrated experience.
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Business Intelligence
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Cash Management
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Research
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Tuition
In 2023–24, most independent schools had a positive working capital ratio.
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Feature
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
As universities grapple with a crisis of value, a new playbook is emerging. For independent school leaders, the lessons are urgent: define your outcomes, or the market will define you
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Feature
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Communication
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
An increasing number of high-income families are seeking financial aid awards, requiring ever clearer communication and processes.
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Financial Aid
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Marketing
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Tuition
Schools employing indexed tuition receive less net tuition, have lower expenses and distribute more financial aid.
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Change Management
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Enrollment
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Planning
Strategic planning led to fewer enrolled students and higher NTR in the case of one boarding-day school.
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Business Intelligence
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Endowment
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Financial Aid
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Tuition
In 2023–24, schools without an endowment had a similar tuition discount rate as schools with large endowments.
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Risk & Compliance
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
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Risk Management
Strong policies are critical when parents have different ideas about applications, financial aid and enrollment contracts.
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Business Intelligence
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Employment
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Enrollment
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Tuition
In FY 2023, after tuition discounts, a median of 3.8 students’ net tuitions paid for one school employee.
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Feature
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Financial Aid
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Research
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Tuition
Tuition remission is on the rise. What does that mean for schools’ sustainability and culture?
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Feature
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Budget
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Enrollment
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Tuition
More states than ever are offering school choice funding, but are the strings attached worth it?
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Business Intelligence
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Budget
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Salary
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Tuition
Independent schools with a religious affiliation are more reliant on annual giving than all other types of independent schools.
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Projections
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Boards and Trustees
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Enrollment
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Leadership
A conversation with Heather Hoerle as she reflects on a career serving independent schools, from NAIS to EMA.
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Strategies
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Financial Aid
Making the process clearer to parents whose dominant language is not English can result in significant community enrichment.
4 min read
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