When school leaders prioritize genuine appreciation, a positive and motivated workplace culture results.
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Labor Law
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Regulatory Updates
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Salary
The overtime rules that many schools have prepared for will revert to earlier thresholds. Here's how leaders can prepare.
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Financial Aid
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Research
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Tuition
Tuition remission is on the rise. What does that mean for schools’ sustainability and culture?
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Nothing teaches adaptability quite like chasing the school’s runaway rabbits, as this business officer discovered.
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A well-crafted policy will help meet both donors’ and the school’s long-term needs.
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CEO Notebook
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Human Resources
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Performance Management
To retain talent, school leaders must cultivate clear purpose, mutual trust and opportunities to grow.
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Budget
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Enrollment
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Tuition
More states than ever are offering school choice funding, but are the strings attached worth it?
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Change Management
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Culture
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Leadership
Building a financial plan or new organizational chart can be creative work – we just need to find ways to exercise the creative muscle.
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Business Intelligence
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Budget
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Salary
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Tuition
Independent schools with a religious affiliation are more reliant on annual giving than all other types of independent schools.
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Projections
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Boards and Trustees
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Enrollment
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Leadership
A conversation with Heather Hoerle as she reflects on a career serving independent schools, from NAIS to EMA.
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CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Human Resources
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Leadership
As the November election approaches, it’s critical to actively cultivate campus culture.
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Budget
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Leadership
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Planning
Jewish Leadership Academy’s business leader shared what he learned about perpetual project management in the three years leading up to the school’s opening.
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If your school’s endowment policy uses the Moving Average methodology, you may want to consider the Constant Growth methodology instead.
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Accounting
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Culture
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Risk Management
How laws and regulations on free speech apply to nonprofit independent schools as well as policy and cultural considerations.
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Strategies
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Financial Aid
Making the process clearer to parents whose dominant language is not English can result in significant community enrichment.
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CEO Notebook
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Endowment
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Planning
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Research
More than 1,000 member schools have started data entry so they can reap the benefits of robust analysis and benchmarking in the new year.
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Change Management
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Planning
School leaders need to envision multiple possible outcomes when facing risks and opportunities.
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Schools with smaller and larger endowment may benefit from different approaches.
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Compensation Strategies
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Labor Law
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Legal
Fundraising events, coaching, trips, and training programs offer great opportunities for school employees but can create confusion about paying non-exempt or hourly employees.
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CEO Notebook
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Change Management
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Leadership
The classic film “12 Angry Men” has leadership lessons for everyone, even if you're feeling downright cheerful.
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