Be it with a local college or business, a partnership may enable your school to offer distinctive opportunities that enhance value proposition and/or develop new revenue streams.
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Investing in early childhood programs can help build enrollment, but the effort requires significant management and resources.
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Business Intelligence
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Enrollment
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Financing
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Salary
While enrollment has declined slightly over the past few years, staffing has increased. How can schools offset increased costs?
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Communication
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Marketing
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Risk Management
The way we track email campaign metrics is going to change.
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Creating joint programs with related organizations has helped differentiate our school in a competitive market.
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What business officers need to know about the admissions testing debate, the best of virtual admissions processes and potential iterations for online learning.
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Modest changes that might not phase larger schools can impact smaller schools significantly.
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Admission
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Enrollment
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Leadership
Integrating advancement, communications and marketing functions can help leaders tap resources to generate alternative revenue streams. Ann Snyder, director of independent and international schools at the Council for Adv
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Schools that experienced a “flight to quality” last year share strategies that have helped them retain new students.
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Strategies
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
A structured financial aid review process that involves both admissions and the business office can maximize enrollment without breaking the bank.
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Projections
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
It is time to switch our mindset from short-term problem-solving to long-term strategizing.
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Trends and lessons from last year’s financial aid season can make this season calmer and more efficient.
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To mitigate financial risk, focus on closing, rather than filling, the gap.
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Projections
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Financial Aid
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Tuition
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Tuition Remission
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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The data in NBOA’s new Tuition Discounting Report for PK-12 Independent Schools may not be as troubling as related data in higher education, but it is trending in the same direction.
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Mission & Motivation
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Communication
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Leadership
This year’s recipient of the Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award shares her journey of life lessons, balanced priorities and personal growth.
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Relaying your financial story while building trust and buy-in is more than an essential skill, it’s good stewardship.
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CEO Notebook
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Communication
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Leadership
When school leaders listen in focused and systematic ways, they can help their teams broaden their contributions and create conditions for creative confidence.
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
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Tuition
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted almost everything about independent schools this past year. Is tuition setting next?
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Communication
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Leadership
What happens when trustees, staff, faculty, donors and other keystones of the school community learn more about independent school finances? Greater trust and sense of community.
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