(from Accounting Today) CFOs no longer view Microsoft Excel as the most important skill for their financial planning and accounting staff. Instead, adaptability to new technology is the most desirable trait in new hires.
Risk Management
Technology
(from Deloitte Insights) Ransomware attacks. Breaches compromising the personal data of students, faculty and staff. Denial-of-service attacks that render learning-management and other systems unavailable at critical tim
(from Associations NOW) A provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the sweeping overhaul of the tax code signed into law at the end of last year, requires tax-exempt organizations to compute unrelated business taxable inc
(from the Chronicle of Higher Education — subscriber-only content) Equal-pay laws have been on the books for decades, but women at nearly every level of the academic workplace, including administration, earn less than th
(from Hechinger Report) When a school is considering a new educational technology, whether it’s a device or a program, officials tend to research its track record. Did it work in other schools? But without knowing a lot
(from Education Next) With more than 34,000 students receiving vouchers and 313 private schools participating, Indiana's tuition-voucher program is the nation's largest. A four-year evaluation of the program suggests tha
Governance
Risk Management
(from Nonprofit Quarterly) As more individuals come forward to share their stories of sexual harassment and assault, they are exposing the institutions and institutional cultures that have allowed such behavior to go unc
(from Inside Higher Ed) Will activism-related suspensions of high school students impact their college applications and acceptances? Last week's deadly shootings at a Florida high school have prompted growing numbers of
(from McKinsey & Company) Growing numbers of colleges and universities are turning to the for-profit sector to find new leaders who bring different skill sets and fresh approaches to problems. Institutions most likel
(from the Hartford Courant) A recent tragedy in Connecticut reveals the importance of independent schools doing all they can to prevent bullying, track and record it when it happens, and enforce consequences where approp
(from the Leader-Telegram) All 48 public schools in the school district of Madison, Wisconsin, will soon have at least one single-stall public bathroom open to students of all genders, under a district-wide effort that a
Crisis Management
Safety and Security
(from the Chronicle of Higher Education) New information from the U.S. Department of Education confirms it: Reports of hate-motivated episodes on college and university campuses rose to 1,250 in the election year of 2016
(from EdSurge) With the global market for private tutoring projected to reach $227 billion by 2022, venture capitalists and other deep-pocketed investors are raising big bucks to build software platforms and apps, hire m
(from Forbes) Three out of four CFOs believe that stress levels in the profession will rise over the next two years. The causes of rising stress levels are increasing workloads, growing business expectations and a lack o
(from ABC News) The Florida Legislature is considering a proposal that would give parents of bullied school children a state-funded private school voucher averaging $6,800 a year, regardless of income. The "Hope Scholars
(from the Hechinger Report) Technology may help liberal-arts colleges reduce the cost of attendance while maintaining a commitment to academic excellence. Research shows that gains in student learning in well-designed on
(from Inside Higher Ed) A lawsuit filed last week reveals the costly lengths to which some families are going to boost their children's chances of admission to competitive schools — and the growing controversy over perce
(from the Brookings Institution) A recent study by the Brookings Institution found that, on average, school districts that implemented performance pay to reward excellence in teaching secured new teacher hires who gradua
(from the Washington Post) Veteran education entrepreneur Chris Whittle has announced plans for the fall 2019 opening of a global for-profit school that he predicts will eventually have 90,000 students worldwide and 10,0
Accounting
Human Resources
(from SHRM.org) Under the provisions of the new tax law, independent schools and other employers should begin using new income-tax withholding rates on paychecks no later than February 15. The new rates, clarified in IRS
