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Legacy Admissions Hit Historic Low as More States Ban Practice at U.S. Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legacy preferences in college admissions have plummeted to their lowest recorded level, with just 24% of four-year colleges still considering family alumni status in admissions decisions, according to a comprehensive new report from Education Reform Now. In 24 states, no public colleges provide legacy preferences at all.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

EAB

Blogs Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do The first two decades of the 21st century have already witnessed several major disruptions with significant economic impacts, from three recessions to the pandemic to today’s hiring crisis.

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Are institutions leveraging their alumni to their full potential? Here’s how they can

University Business

Alumni love their school , and they regularly show it by contributing greatly to their alma mater’s fundraising campaigns. “When a school actually works with their alumni, it allows the programs to highlight their success organically. “Alumni can provide a well of applicants,” she says.

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Social intelligence isn't for social media managers

Campus Sonar

To support TV and movie projects [ universities and colleges ], the marketing or PR department hires an agency to gather social intelligence from consumers and fans [ students, alumni, and other stakeholders ]. Insights are delivered to the show runners and producers [ president and cabinet ].

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8 handy tips for selecting the best Alumni Management Software

Creatrix Campus

8 handy tips for selecting the best Alumni Management Software. Finding a replacement for maintaining alumni records using conventional excel sheets will often be the main focus of your institute’s alumni committee. Across the world, there are different alumni software with different feature sets. Fri, 12/09/2022 - 08:24.

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The Big Shift in University Fundraising

EAB

Podcast The Big Shift in University Fundraising Episode 168. Lola Mauer from Ball State University and Daniel Burgner from George Washington University join EAB’s Mark Shreve to discuss why they’re glad that US News and World Report no longer includes the alumni giving metric in determining its college rankings. October 10, 2023.