Strategies
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Boards and Trustees
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Governance
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Planning
A new book from NBOA helps independent school trustees not only understand school finances but also ask management better questions to drive more strategic discussions.
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Recording PPP loans in your school's financial statements may not be as straightforward as it seems.
4 min read
Risk & Compliance
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Accounting
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Pandemic
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Risk Management
What school staff members need to know as they work from home and handle increased requests for refunds.
7 min read
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Facilities
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Pandemic
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Planning
This smaller scale intervention may help schools move forward on planned projects that would otherwise be shelved at this time.
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Business Intelligence
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Cash Management
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Endowment
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Investments
Independent schools’ reliance on alternative forms of revenue may pose problems as significant as heavy reliance on tuition.
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From reopening campus to scenario planning to managing employee leave and more, these resources should ease your summer workload.
3 min read
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Cash Management
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Employment
In the age of e-commerce, does it still make sense to have a bricks-and-mortar school store?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Improvements to the BIIS data collection platform and The NBOA Financial Dashboard should make budgeting and planning that much easier.
3 min read
