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November/December 2017 Issue

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After School  

  • Culture

After School: My Jewish Learning

Conversion was only the beginning of this business officer's Jewish education.
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Strategies  

  • Budget
  • | Technology

Strategies: Budgeting Ed Tech with Confidence

Are teachers actually using the ed tech tools your school supports?
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  • Communication
  • | Enrollment

Come Again? Modernizing the Annual Re-Enrollment Drama This item is protected.

From continuous enrollment contracts to on-time discounts, schools are finding more ways to modernize and streamline the annual re-enrollment drama.
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Projections  

  • Budget
  • | Leadership

Critical Conversations

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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  • Compliance
  • | Tuition

Truth in Tuition Lending: Understanding Compliance with TILA This item is protected.

Flexible payment options can help ensure a reliable flow of tuition dollars — but disclosure requirements apply.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Leadership
  • | Planning

Mission & Motivation: A Foundation of Trust

The benefits of internal leadership succession are too great for schools to ignore.
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Show Them the Money: Six Trends in Financial Aid

Six trends in managing financial aid and the families who request it. Many of today’s parents place less value on “the frills” of traditional independent schools, complicating the relationship between price and willingne
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  • Planning

Position of Strength: A Case Study in Strategic Sustainability Planning

Drawing on extensive data analysis and in-depth, campus-wide discussions, leaders at Greenhill School are on a five-year path toward reducing costs, increasing revenue and sustaining a financially diverse student body.
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  • Enrollment
  • | Tuition

Net Tuition Revenue: the Only Number That Matters This item is protected.

Robust enrollment remains critical — but the real emphasis (for a growing number of schools) is net tuition revenue. Results: improved enrollment, net revenue and overall financial stability.
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  • Communication
  • | Enrollment

5 Minutes With Liza Fisher Norman and Rob Norman, InspirED School Marketers

Veteran independent school marketers discuss the importance of a school’s website in enrollment management, targeted recruitment and retention.
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  • Cash Management
  • | Leadership

Leap of Faith

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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