(from Bolton & Co.) At the start of the week, President Trump signed into law a short-term spending bill that included delays or suspensions of three taxes under the Affordable Care Act—a move that many will regard a
(from Pensions & Investments) Despite healthy returns in fiscal 2017, U.S. college and university endowments saw their 10-year annualized returns dip, according to the 2017 NACUBO Study of Endowments released Thursda
(from Financial Management) Gender and racial diversity amongst CFOs continues to lag, studies show. Women account for 12.6 percent of CFO positions in leading businesses, according to a recent study of more than 673 lar
(from Venable) At least five states have enacted laws prohibiting nonprofit schools and other employers from using salary history to either screen or evaluate job candidates, and legislation either has been passed or is
(from Christensen Institute) Neither an established reputation nor a healthy endowment can necessarily protect a beloved small liberal arts college or independent school against changing market and business conditions, a
(from Inside Higher Ed) After years of steady growth, international enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities showed a marked decline last year amid uncertainty about U.S. immigration policies and a less-welcoming pol
(from EdSurge) After a 2017 of mergers and closures among private colleges and universities, experts forecast a growing reliance on collaboration and partnerships — among educational institutions as well as between schoo
(from ISM's The Source) What can schools do to encourage families to actually visit your school's campus, rather than stopping at the inquiry stage?
(from The News Buzz) Wonderschool, a network of in-home day care and preschools with about 140 programs in California, plans to open 150 more programs in New York City on top of 16 already there. The private startup has
(from the Society of Human Resource Management) The Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 11 released Notice 1036, which contains updated income-tax withholding tables for 2018 that reflect changes made by the tax reform law
(from Inside Higher Ed) College counselors are growing increasingly concerned about burnout among high school students who are pushed to take the maximum load of AP courses to impress colleges. "I've been in this busines
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(from WBFO) District and state legislators from the Buffalo, New York, region are calling for immediate changes to two state laws in the wake of sexual abuse revealed at Nichols School. Private schools are not required t
(from Education Week) Most K-12 public school IT leaders are failing to take basic steps to secure their school networks against ransomware attacks, phishing schemes, data breaches and other cybersecurity threats, accord
(from United Educators) A widening list of reputational risks face many educational institutions, starting with their business models — enrollment, tuition management, staffing, financial management and more — according
(from EdSurge) Design Tech High School has a new home on the corporate campus of Oracle, a California-based multinational technology company with thousands of employees. Known as d.tech, the free public charter school, w
(from Society for Human Resource Management) The federal government's focus on deregulation combined with active state legislatures and municipalities mean a cookie-cutter employee handbook isn't a realistic option for e
(from Inside Higher Ed) Lyon College, a private liberal arts institution in Arkansas, is betting that students’ love for their cats and dogs will lead them to enroll. The college isn’t only allowing pets but is making in
(from Chronicle of Higher Education) The president of Alma College in Michigan has stretched a dollar by rethinking administrative structure at the top and using technology to help Alma and two other small private colleg
(from American School & University) With 15,000 photovoltaic-panel arrays on 19 acres of land, Hampshire College IS the first residential college in the U.S. to generate 100 percent of campus electricity from solar p
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(from SHRM) The federal agency charged with overseeing and enforcing immigration law is expected to dramatically expand its worksite investigations focused on I-9 compliance. Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration
