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Join other experienced business officers to ignite the vision of a financially sustainable future for independent schools, building on the current opinions of industry leaders. Advanced collaboration of this sort, which kindles the imagination and challenges the intellect, is the best way to achieve successful outcomes in our industry.
Emerging from the economic recession, independent schools are confronted with the challenge of remaining viable and relevant in today's marketplace. Industry leaders have disagreed about the best model independent schools should adopt in order to survive this mercurial moment and secure their futures. Some argue that schools should use sophisticated economic and demographic data to determine the community's paying capacity now and in the future, then combine that with a realistic assessment of the school's market strength, and set tuition accordingly. Others believe that a school's finances are the wrong focus for strategic change—instead, revising the entire structure of teaching itself, and the technology used to do it, will create financially sustainable "schools of the future."
To get the most out of this program, attend with another member of your school's "senior team": head of school, trustee, admission director, or other senior administrator.
These points of view will be discussed to arrive at a new vision—one that incorporates the arguments we support, and improves on those we don't. Your expertise and thoughtful appraisal of the current climate will help shape an exciting and sustainable vision for the future of independent schools.
This program is geared toward business officers with multiple years of experience in the field and currently employed at an independent school; however, newer business officers with an equivalent level of experience in a related professional field will also benefit from attending. If you have any questions, email Marc Levinson or call 202-407-7135.