August 24, 2023

School Cultures: An Interesting Model And Then Some

Seldom am I able to undertake strategic planning, faculty compensation/evaluation, school climate and board governance assignments all in the same school and where these tasks fit […]
August 24, 2023

Compensation And Tuition Setting: The Message Is Mixed

Many schools did not raise tuition for 2009-2010 but others did by 5-8% or more. A few schools pulled principal away from their endowment to bridge […]
August 24, 2023

Beneath The Surface: What The Numbers Reveal

Recently several schools have retained Littleford & Associates to assess worldwide workload patterns, length of school day and many aspects of how they manage their income […]
August 24, 2023

More Marketing Bang For The Buck

How does a school reduce an often overblown mission statement containing overused words to less than five to seven pithy, powerful and memorable ones? How does […]
August 24, 2023

Beneath the Surface: Trends in International Schools

The Trends Having recently spent nearly eight weeks in China, India, Jordan and Peru working with some prominent international school clients, I have come away with […]
August 24, 2023

Branding is Powerful: Proven Strategies

Your mission statement counts, but only if it can be readily known and interpreted. A prominent Canadian School for boys has a “tagline” that is also […]
August 24, 2023

Is It "The End"? And If So, Then What?

The lifespan of a head at any one independent school is relatively short. According to research by Littleford & Associates, an inordinately high percentage of all […]
August 24, 2023

Strengthening Parent Associations

A recent client said that his School’s Parents’ Association operates as a separate nonprofit entity with its own charter and elects its officers and cabinet without […]
August 24, 2023

How To Get A Handle On Controlling Expenses And Increasing Income In Difficult Economic Times

For independent schools all sources of income and expense are like the various points on a waterbed. If you push down on one area, the other […]
How To Get A Handle On Controlling Expenses And Increasing Income In Difficult Economic Times
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