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What I Learned Living in a Dorm Where 98% of Students Are International
When I was a boarding school student, our dorms had international students, but the community was still mostly domestic. Roughly 70 percent of the students were from the United States and about 30 percent came from abroad. That balance shaped the culture in ways I did not fully appreciate at the time. Fast forward to…
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The Second Enrollment: How Student Life and Belonging Shape Boarding School Retention
When a student enrolls at a boarding school, the admission office celebrates a milestone. Yet the true test of a school’s culture comes later, when that same student chooses to stay. That decision to re-enroll is what I call The Second Enrollment, the moment when a student decides that this is not just where they attend…