Whether due to driver error, mechanical failure or poor weather, many accidents involving school buses can be prevented or managed if schools and operators follow proactive risk management procedures, including having ad
A major study of faculty compensation in U.S. colleges and universities finds gender-based pay disparities at all faculty ranks. In "Visualizing Change," released April 11, the American Association of University Professo
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Could a new perfect storm of dangerous financial trends await some independent schools and many other nonprofit organizations? In this editorial, Nonprofit Quarterly Editor in Chief Ruth McCambridge cautions nonprofit ar
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Second only to equipment failure, data breaches and cyber attacks have become leading organizational threats, according to a recent study of senior financial executives. Nearly 60 percent said their organizations had bee
A quarter of all American employees have taken time off work to care for a family member, and another quarter who haven't yet done so say they are likely to take such leave in the future. More employees have taken leave
CFOs might not think to track data of intangible assets like customer experience, but such assets are essential to growing business. Financial leaders can work with HR professionals to develop key performance indicators
It's not too early to prepare for potential changes in school choice policies and voucher programs, which promise to be a top priority to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Schools should consider formi
Endowment returns and overall giving disappointed last year, but colleges and universities saw a surge in eight- and nine-figure donations. From January through December of 2016, donors made 194 gifts of $10 mi
The evolution of the school library continues. In a study of 722 nonprofit colleges and universities, library deans and directors said they're continuing to move academic libraries away from serving primar
Nearly 14 million email accounts associated with the 300 largest higher education institutions in the U.S. are for sale on the "dark web" - the term used for websites that can't be accessed using common web browsers. The
Independent schools have been cautiously optimistic about Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' support for private school choice programs, but charter school supporters are pushing back. In his fiscal 2018 budge
Strategic planning is CFOs' top organizational priority for 2017, and increasing cash flow is their top financial priority, according to Grant Thornton's 2017 CFO Survey. Released March 27, the survey of more than 4
Following last Friday's failure to pass the Republican-driven AHCA, also known as "Trumpcare" or "Ryancare," the ACA or "Obamacare" remains the law of the land, and employers with more than 50 employees must continue to
It's not just public schools, but private and charter schools as well that will face challenges if the Trump administration's proposed budget passes. While $1.4 billion in additional funding would go towards school
When organizations change their accounting principles voluntarily, the motivation is more likely to address shortcomings than to cook the books, a new survey says. Although the media tends to portray such
Colleges and universities expect a 2.3 percent increase in faculty and staff pay over the upcoming fiscal year, according to data published by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Rece
K-12 schools in California, Florida, Texas and New York, among other states, could be particularly hard hit if the Trump administration's plans to reduce the flow of immigration move forward. About 8 percent of K-12
The president's off-the-cuff Twitter posts aren't going over well with U.S. CFOs, who cite "the fluctuations and uncertainty" from the 140-character expressions, according to a new Duke University/CFO Global Business Out
