Public school principals often must focus on far more than student achievement and academic accountability. Attending to logistics, discipline, maintenance issues and a school's fiscal health leaves them little time and
Employee Benefits
Human Resources
More than 35 percent of U.S. employer health plans offered employees health savings accounts in 2016, a 3.2 percent increase from 2015, according to the 2016 United Benefit Advisors Health Plan Survey. Tax-advantaged med
Human Resources
Job Description
With students and families expecting an expanding range of services and amenities, it's no wonder that many schools have added to their administrative ranks at a financially unsustainable pace. An analysis of "administra
Safety and Security
Transportation
Some 25 million U.S. schoolchildren ride school buses every day, but few of those buses have seat belts. This PBS News Hour report looks at the national movement to legislate adding seat belts to school buses, which some
Some 120 new independent school campuses are expected to open in Dubai over the next 10 years, reflecting especially strong growth among students from India, followed by United Arab Emirates nationals, Pakistan, Egypt an
Risk Management
Safety and Security
Baylor University will get its first female president on June 1, signaling what many hope will be the beginning of the Baptist university's return to grace after a steady trickle of scandals involving sexual assaults and
Falling endowment returns are leading many colleges and universities to take steps such as reducing their annual spending levels, moving to passive management and, in some cases, taking on greater risk by turning to fund
High-income taxpayers in nine states can profit by donating to organizations that support private school vouchers. The federal government offers a tax deduction on a portion of such donations, as it does for donations to
George Washington University has increased next year's financial aid budget by 8 percent, anticipating that with rising tuition, more accepted students will need aid. Last year the aid budget increased 6.9 percent; the a
Cash Management
Financing
Consumer debt has reached a new high, $12.7 trillion, surpassing the previous high set in 2008. While mortgage debt has declined since 2008, car loan debt has increased $388 billion and student loan debt has risen nearly
Academic rigor, an emphasis on "deep content" and testing for mastery and matriculation built BASIS Independent Schools into a highly regarded chain of 27 schools (private, public charters and international) — but also h
Enrollment
Human Resources
A growing list of small, struggling, liberal arts colleges are pinning their fiscal turnarounds on the development of a distinctive campus-wide experience that, they hope, will distinguish them from competitors. The late
U.S.-based independent schools and other organizations seem to have largely avoided the "WannaCry" ransomware attacks that hit thousands of computer systems last weekend, but the incidents underscore the importance of fo
Roughly 88 percent of first-time, full-time freshmen at private U.S. colleges and universities received some kind of a scholarship or grant in the 2016-2017 academic year, according to new research from the National Asso
A high-profile, foundation-funded effort to abolish grades and course names from high school transcripts is backed by more than 100 independent preK-12 schools that want colleges to evaluate applicants based on competenc
What can schools do to attract students from abroad? Offer high-quality instruction and make their campuses feel welcoming, according to the 62,000 students who responded to the fifth annual International Student Survey
Leadership
Risk Management
Detailed and public responses to allegations of sexual abuse at independent schools reflect what many believe is a "sea change" within a sector that for decades, and sometimes even generations, was known for quietly hand
Facilities
Risk Management
Forget about fingerprint IDs, let alone laminated cards bearing photos and bar codes. Iris recognition is one of the new technologies college campuses are pursuing to verify students' identity while moving them quickly t
Sixty-one percent of nonprofit organizations experienced an increase in charitable giving in 2016, down from 65 percent in 2015 and the lowest percentage overall since 2010, according to the Nonprofit Research Collaborat
As independent schools consider changes to bathrooms and locker rooms to accommodate transgender and gender-nonconforming students, at least two are converting formerly single-sex dorms into gender-neutral housing. Effec
