Blackbaud K-12's Get Connected Podcast

Research conducted by (TABS) shows that while the overall boarding school student enrollment has grown over recent years, the domestic student numbers have “declined gradually, yet consistently, for more than a dozen years.”   I doubt the reasons will surprise.   Consider the recession, changes in parenting, a in the number of high school aged students (a demographic reality that’s with us for the foreseeable future), etc. and the pieces fit.   But if the domestic numbers are down, why the slight growth in overall enrollment? International recruitment. Schools have responded to the greater international demand, which has helped to shape schools into more global institutions.   That said, concerns exists (by both day & boarding schools) about the reduction in the overall number of North American students.   TABS has heard this message loud and clear from its members and responded by forming the North American Boarding School Initiative (NABI).   This (which I'm honored to be a part of) has met for