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Facilities
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Pandemic
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Planning
School leaders will need to rethink everything from physical space to agreements to funding sources.
17 min read
Business Intelligence
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Cash Management
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Research
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Tuition
While annual giving did not dip precipitously, most schools shouldn’t count on it to fill the gap between net tuition and expenditures.
3 min read
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Budget
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Cash Management
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Pandemic
Most schools predict an increase in financial aid budgets and a decrease in annual giving, according to NBOA’s recent 3-minute survey.
4 min read
CEO Notebook
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Membership
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Planning
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Publications
An updated and enhanced member resource is available today.
3 min read
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Cash Management
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Cybersecurity
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Risk Management
No school is immune from the rising threat of financial cybercrime. Accounting, tech and legal insights help keep everyone on their toes.
12 min read
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Budget
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
Business officers discuss priorities, decision-making processes, possible financial impacts for the current and future fiscal years, and more.
7 min read
Business Intelligence
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Cash Management
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Enrollment
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Tuition
Schools are considering revenue and expense levers beyond tuition and financial aid to plan a viable future.
4 min read
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Budget
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Cash Management
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Planning
Generating long-term projections and ensuring spending aligns with mission will help your school thrive and adapt to changing circumstances.
7 min read
Handling increased requests for student accommodations requires keeping an open mind while not altering standards or veering away from mission.
6 min read
Strategies
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Cash Management
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Financial Aid
Three tools to communicate financial aid decisions more clearly may help mitigate families’ confusion and bargaining.
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Projections
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
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Planning
The unspoken rules of handling financial aid have changed. A focus on pricing, discounting and NTR will help us secure true financial viability.
4 min read
Access data and tools that will help you lead your school to financial success.
3 min read
Improvements to the BIIS data collection platform and The NBOA Financial Dashboard should make budgeting and planning that much easier.
3 min read
Which independent schools should consider a merger? All of them. It’s not about profits, but rather perpetuating the mission in a changing marketplace.
7 min read
Benchmarking, data analysis and school-wide brainstorming enabled St. John's Preparatory School to moderate tuition increases, adjust revenue and spending, and enhance its value proposition.
7 min read
Every school can use data in its strategic decision-making if it’s presented to leaders at the appropriate level.
4 min read
Tactical measures can help schools spend less. Knowing when to benchmark — and when not to — can do even more.
12 min read
Operating margin, net tuition revenue and expendable resources were up for more schools in the West and fewer schools in the Mid-Atlantic and Texas.
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External pressures have replaced operational pressures as top-of-mind risks among school leaders, while sexual misconduct issues continue to reverberate at a national level.
7 min read
Communication is key during busy summer months, fostering connections among different sides of the business office as well as staff and faculty members upon their return to campus.
3 min read
