Catch the best of 2017 before we release the January/February 2018 issue. This baker's dozen of NetAssets.org articles features pieces — on everything from tuition pricing to dramatic school turnarounds — that were widel
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Independent school CFOs must be catalysts for positive change. “Success isn’t a permanent condition; it’s a temporary state in the context of many external factors.”
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Conversion was only the beginning of this business officer's Jewish education.
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How do you lead strategy when you’re expected primarily to solve problems?
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Clear demonstrations of mutual respect are the starting point to bringing faculty to the side of finding long-term financial solutions.
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The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
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The benefits of internal leadership succession are too great for schools to ignore.
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The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
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Cash Management
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Leadership
This small school overcame multiple challenges and expects a bright future under a strategic partnership between the head of school and business officer, now in their third year of working together. “We both took a risk.
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Keep close to nature's heart ... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. —John Muir
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The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
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Let’s reject once and for all the notion that innovation and fiscal responsibility are at odds.
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Technology has become too integral to school operations for it to be compartmentalized.
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Risk & Compliance
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Human Resources
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Legal
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Risk Management
Schools must remain vigilant about DOL classifications.
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As they leave the world of independent schools, veteran business officers share what they learned, loved and wish for their successors. “You can never close your eyes.”
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A pioneer in online learning discusses how his institution found its sweet spot, achieves 96 percent student satisfaction and embraces the automated advantages of true “digital” education.
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A unified data collection platform changes everything. Its time has come.
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The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
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Culture
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Risk Management
From the archives: Enlisting trustees, staff and the community, independent schools make enterprise risk management everyone’s business.
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