Topics

Financial Management

  • The Data-Driven Take the Driver’s Seat

    Projections | A unified data collection platform changes everything. Its time has come. From the September/October ...

  • A Better Way to Benchmark: Business Intelligence for Independent Schools

    Financial Management | A breakthrough data collection platform built by business officers for business officers ...

  • Explaining the Numbers, Building the Trust

    Financial Management | From the archives : Financial rumors, speculation and grumbling can harm community ...

Risk Management

  • The Right Thing to Do

    CEO Notebook | The year has just begun, yet schools have already faced a flurry of storms. From weather disasters to the overtime rule, NBOA is here to support you. Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE NBOA President ...

  • Strategies: Cool Heads, Safer Spaces: The Value of Security Training

    Risk Management | It’s impossible to predict every threat to a school campus, but security training can help faculty and staff respond appropriately should an emergency arise. Article by Liz LeBlanc, St. ...

  • Epic Exposures

    Risk Management | From the archives: A roundtable discussion with leading authorities in the realm of independent school risk management Interviews by Leah Thayer  This article originally appeared ...

Enrollment & Financial Aid

  • 7 Seconds to Shine: School Website Redesign

    Enrollment & Financial Aid | From the archives: Independent schools roll out a new generation of “responsive” websites as mobile usage soars. “If you can’t get the information as elegantly as possible on your ...

  • New Families, Experiential Values

    Enrollment & Financial Aid | An “elements of value” hierarchy may help clarify what parents value in your school. Article by Spencer Taintor, Brookfield Academy The Bottom Line In a theory ...

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  • Which Price Is Right? Tuition Proves Its Elasticity Again

    Enrollment & Financial Aid | A new study confirms that raising tuition does not impact enrollment. Here's what these findings mean for schools.  Article by Cecily Garber From the May/June 2017 Net Assets ...

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Facilities

  • Prepping Your School for Project-Based Learning

    CEO Notebook | Creating student-centered learning spaces doesn't have to break the bank. Jeffrey Shields, ...

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  • Strategies: Up and Out: Preparing for a Campus Move

    Facilities | Tips for ensuring the success of your next building move-out or campus relocation.  Article ...

  • Gorgeous Campus Seeks Renaissance Caretakers: Recruiting Facilities Talent

    Facilities | Proactive succession planning helps schools staff increasingly complex facilities leadership positions. ...

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Leadership

  • Unsung Hero: Janet Refior, Fountain Valley School of Colorado

    Leadership | The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary ...

  • Unsung Hero: Thomas Park, Chinese American International School

    Leadership | The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary ...

  • Unsung Hero: Elise Murphy, The Lamplighter School

    Leadership | The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary ...

Human Resources

  • A Health Plan Primer for Independent Schools

    Human Resources | The best insurance is a healthy employee population. A health care primer by a business officer, ...

  • Federal Judge's Action Could Be Final Blow Against Overtime Rule

    Human Resources | On August 31, a federal judge in Texas struck down the Obama-era federal overtime rule that ...

  • Schools Asked to Weigh in on FLSA/Overtime Scramble

    Human Resources | It's back to the drawing board, in a manner of speaking, for the DOL's overtime rule. NBOA and ...

Technology

  • Twists and Turns in Technology Acceptable Use Policies

    Technology | From the archives: Ten guidelines for crafting your school's technology policies  Article ...

  • 9 Tech Tools for the Business Office

    Technology | From the archives: New technology products emerge every day, challenging even the geekiest edtech ...

  • At Your IT Service

    Technology | A service management framework can help a school’s IT department move faster and expand its services ...

In the News

  • DeVos Scraps Campus Sexual Assault Policies

    (from The Washington Post) In a move that many education institutions are watching closely, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy ...

  • In Latest Nonprofit Compensation Report, Still a Man's World?

    (from GuideStar) GuideStar has published its latest large-scale report on nonprofit compensation, drawing data from FY17 ...

  • An Admissions Boost via Social Media

    (from EdSurge) Higher education institutions have another tool for engaging students in the application process. Better ...