Topics

Financial Management

  • Business Intelligence: Annual Giving, Endowment Returns Held Steady in Fiscal 2019

    Financial Management | While annual giving did not dip precipitously, most schools shouldn’t count on it to fill ...

  • Practical Guidance During Unprecedented Times

    CEO Notebook | An updated and enhanced member resource is available today. Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE NBOA ...

  • Business Intelligence: Positioned to Succeed

    Financial Management | The financial position survey range table returns to NBOA’s reporting tool line-up. ...

Risk Management

  • Four Guideposts for Maintaining Healthy Relationships with Students

    Risk Management | Behavioral standards regarding faculty roles, boundaries, power and accountability can catch missteps at an early stage, before rules are violated and damage is done. By David Wolowitz, McLane ...

  • Holding the Line: Sexual Misconduct Prevention

    Risk Management | Schools are rethinking sexual misconduct prevention strategies to get beyond the checkbox. Article by Tara Kosowski From the May/June 2020  Net Assets magazine “Too often, schools don’t ...

  • Safety & Security: The Hidden Costs of School Safety

    Risk Management | When developing safety strategies, consider best practices as well as your school’s liability. Article by Joe E. Carter, United Educators From the May/June 2020  Net Assets magazine ...

Enrollment & Financial Aid

  • Digitally Communicating Your School’s Value

    Enrollment & Financial Aid | With campuses closed at the height of admissions and advancement season, independent schools need to communicate more clearly than ever via digital channels. By Rob DiMartino, ...

  • 5 Minutes with John Gulla: Private Schools, Public Purpose

    Enrollment & Financial Aid | Opportunities are ripe for independent schools to collaborate among themselves and others in their community. Interview by Cecily Garber From the March/April 2020  Net Assets ...

  • Mission & Motivation: Finding Fit

    Enrollment & Financial Aid | Following Operation Varsity Blues, independent schools may rethink their role in college preparation. Article by Jim Jump,  St. Christopher's School From the March/April ...

Facilities

  • Managing Your Empty Campus

    Facilities | A well-managed long-term unoccupancy can save schools significant resources. By Theresa Duncan, ...

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  • What's in Store?: Operating Campus Stores

    Facilities | In the age of e-commerce, does it still make sense to have a bricks-and-mortar school store? Article ...

  • Strategies: Approaching the Outsourcing Decision

    Cost alone should not drive decisions to keep services in-house or not — consider a more complete value proposition. ...

Leadership

  • Wellness Reimagined: Two Schools’ Approach During COVID-19

    Leadership | Independent schools are moving wellness initiatives online and finding new ways to support their ...

  • New Challenges, New Learning

    CEO Notebook | While school budgets are likely to face intense scrutiny this year, professional development opportunities ...

  • Finding Strength in Rituals, New and Old

    CEO Notebook | Reinventing routines and rituals can boost wellness not only for students but all of us working under ...

Human Resources

  • Care for Self, Care for Others

    CEO Notebook | Our employees’ wellbeing should be our first priority. It’s what holds our strong communities together. ...

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  • CARES ACT and Retirement Plans: What Independent Schools Need to Know

    Human Resources | Should schools modify their retirement plans to include CARES provisions? And if the school ...

  • Risk & Compliance: Mandatory Paid Leave Is Coming

    Human Resources | New leave laws are likely to arrive in your state or city if they haven't already. The time ...

Technology

  • It’s Time to Commit

    Projections | From the archives: How can online learning simultaneously mitigate the financial pressures facing ...

  • Cybersecurity Goes Beyond the Technology Office

    Technology | A school’s online safety requires vigilance from every department. From phishing scams to data ...

  • Stand by Your Plan

    Technology | A single-platform school information system can make a school operate more effectively. But there’s ...

In the News

  • CDC Warns Against Antibody Tests, Testing Costs

    (From The Hill) New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn that coronavirus antibody ...

  • Regulatory Update: SBA Issues PPP Forgiveness Guidance

    T he night of Friday, May 22, the Department of the  Treasury and Small Business Administration (SBA) released new Paycheck ...

  • Planning for Fall, Monitoring Off-Work Risk, Retirement Plan Disclosure Rule

    (from multiple sources) Should colleges plan to open campuses in the fall? Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview with ...