2026 Small Schools Summit

Tuition alone can't sustain the full breadth of mission-driven programming many small schools aspire to offer. In this session, the head of school of The Fletcher School and executive director of The Rankin Institute at Fletcher School will share their plans to build alternative revenue streams that strengthen both financial sustainability and educational impact. 

Fletcher's leaders will share their journey: how they identified this opportunity at the intersection of mission and market need, built infrastructure to support community-facing programs while protecting their core academic operations, scaled services over two decades, and are working on plans to obtain sustainable revenue while maintaining quality and mission alignment. They'll discuss what's working now, lessons learned from programs that didn't take off as expected, and their strategic vision for the Institute's next chapter.

Session attendees will have the opportunity to participate, collaborate, and share with like-minded colleagues as they brainstorm their own goals and objectives.