Touching on many aspects of private school management, this guide focuses on the financial management of private schools in a period of declining enrollment and financial difficulties. The author discusses such things as budgeting, economizing, and financial planning, as well as school insurance programs and fringe benefit and retirement programs. Several aspects of investment management are reviewed. In discussing the governance of the school, the author focuses on the board and the headmaster and their relationship and roles. An overview of legal aspects of private school operation is offered. A lengthy section of the book deals with fund raising. (Author/JM)