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Leadership
Integrating advancement, communications and marketing functions can help leaders tap resources to generate alternative revenue streams. Ann Snyder, director of independent and international schools at the Council for Adv
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Schools that experienced a “flight to quality” last year share strategies that have helped them retain new students.
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Strategies
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
A structured financial aid review process that involves both admissions and the business office can maximize enrollment without breaking the bank.
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Projections
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
It is time to switch our mindset from short-term problem-solving to long-term strategizing.
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Trends and lessons from last year’s financial aid season can make this season calmer and more efficient.
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To mitigate financial risk, focus on closing, rather than filling, the gap.
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Projections
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Financial Aid
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Tuition
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Tuition Remission
As the pandemic drives more students to independent schools, business officers need to focus on big-picture strategies for tuition policies and other factors.
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The data in NBOA’s new Tuition Discounting Report for PK-12 Independent Schools may not be as troubling as related data in higher education, but it is trending in the same direction.
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Mission & Motivation
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Communication
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Leadership
This year’s recipient of the Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award shares her journey of life lessons, balanced priorities and personal growth.
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Relaying your financial story while building trust and buy-in is more than an essential skill, it’s good stewardship.
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CEO Notebook
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Communication
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Leadership
When school leaders listen in focused and systematic ways, they can help their teams broaden their contributions and create conditions for creative confidence.
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
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Tuition
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted almost everything about independent schools this past year. Is tuition setting next?
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Communication
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Leadership
What happens when trustees, staff, faculty, donors and other keystones of the school community learn more about independent school finances? Greater trust and sense of community.
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Could you be using data more strategically to improve benchmarking and reporting?
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Financial Aid
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Pandemic
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Planning
Review the criteria that determines if your independent school is eligible for the new round of federal support and how much it may receive, be it your school’s first or second draw.
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Financial Aid
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Pandemic
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Risk Management
These eight strategies can help you lower what are likely to be larger than usual premium increases in the coming year.
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Mission & Motivation
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Admission
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Enrollment
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Leadership
When the business office and admissions team can see each other's point of view, a school is primed to thrive.
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Financial Aid
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Leadership
Pressures on the financial aid budget aren’t just financial. Agreeing upon values and sticking to them help make every dollar count — and the school community stronger.
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Projections
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Admission
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
Whether enrollment has presented unexpected challenges or opportunities for your school this year, retention will be key to financial stability.
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
As financial aid for families without demonstrated need increases, so should strong guiding principles in awarding it.
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