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Financial Aid
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Leadership
The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
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Mission & Motivation
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Admission
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Tuition
A head of school says that consciously engaging in difficult conversations about economic disparities has helped to create a more inclusive and accessible school.
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Communication
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Enrollment
An “elements of value” hierarchy may help clarify what parents value in your school.
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A new study confirms that raising tuition does not impact enrollment. Here's what these findings mean for schools.
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Indexed tuition, sliding-scale tuition, variable tuition: Whatever you call this tuition pricing model, it’s gaining momentum.
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High-impact investments under business-savvy heads guided two schools through trying times. Both are thriving again.
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Submitted by Frank Aloise, CFO at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
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If we increased tuition next year by 2 percent instead of 2.5 percent, would we be “affordable” then? I have my doubts.
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New independent school models smash traditional boundaries as their veteran leaders incorporate the practices that remain relevant and leave many others behind.
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Enrollment
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International
2019 school year expected to reflect the Trump effect, currency fluctuations.
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Mission & Motivation
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Communication
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Enrollment
"100 years gave us a story. A strategic hire gave us a voice to tell it."
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Endowment
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Enrollment
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Facilities
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Financial Aid
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Leadership
More than 1,300 attendees made the Washington gathering the biggest-ever of independent school financial and operational leaders. A recap in tweets.
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Ripped from the higher-ed textbooks: Schools dig deeper into data to reach new markets, increase inquiries and more accurately read future enrollment trends.
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Major study of tuition price elasticity tracks 259 schools over six years.
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From the archives: Can lowering tuition rates widen and diversify applicant pools? “Everything is on the table.”
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From the archives: Following the higher-ed model, independent schools ask, "Why not just expect students to come back?"
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This school's re-enrollment letter doesn't focus on tuition price. And families love it.
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How to balance requests for temporary leave with your school’s financial needs.
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Whatever our personal feelings about the presidential election, we in the independent school community can unite in a shared understanding of the potential impact on independent schools.
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Independent schools must innovate, organize and embrace a more holistic — and rigorous — approach to enrollment management, says this leader in the profession.
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