High-impact investments under business-savvy heads guided two schools through trying times. Both are thriving again.
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Submitted by Frank Aloise, CFO at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
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If we increased tuition next year by 2 percent instead of 2.5 percent, would we be “affordable” then? I have my doubts.
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New independent school models smash traditional boundaries as their veteran leaders incorporate the practices that remain relevant and leave many others behind.
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Enrollment
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International
2019 school year expected to reflect the Trump effect, currency fluctuations.
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Mission & Motivation
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Communication
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Enrollment
"100 years gave us a story. A strategic hire gave us a voice to tell it."
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Endowment
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Enrollment
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Facilities
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Financial Aid
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Leadership
More than 1,300 attendees made the Washington gathering the biggest-ever of independent school financial and operational leaders. A recap in tweets.
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Ripped from the higher-ed textbooks: Schools dig deeper into data to reach new markets, increase inquiries and more accurately read future enrollment trends.
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Major study of tuition price elasticity tracks 259 schools over six years.
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From the archives: Can lowering tuition rates widen and diversify applicant pools? “Everything is on the table.”
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From the archives: Following the higher-ed model, independent schools ask, "Why not just expect students to come back?"
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This school's re-enrollment letter doesn't focus on tuition price. And families love it.
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How to balance requests for temporary leave with your school’s financial needs.
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Whatever our personal feelings about the presidential election, we in the independent school community can unite in a shared understanding of the potential impact on independent schools.
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Independent schools must innovate, organize and embrace a more holistic — and rigorous — approach to enrollment management, says this leader in the profession.
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Projections
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
A small college’s strategic pivot illuminates a brighter path forward for struggling K-12 schools.
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Communication
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Enrollment
Engaging the broader school community — notably faculty and parents — to strengthen enrollment.
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How to remain firm when (some) parents think they get to call the shots.
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Admission
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Communication
How to ensure the best-fitting students make it through your admissions funnel.
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CEO Notebook
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Admission
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Financial Aid
Where are independent schools with regard to access and affordability? At the SSS Financial Aid Conference in Philadelphia last week, a panel of four other independent school leaders joined me in discussing this dif
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