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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. The skills students possess aren’t communicated well, and colleges’ in-house career services struggle to demand attention. Just ask Boise State University and Furman University (S.C.)

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

There are currently over 70 different versions of the Edinburgh Award recognising various student activities including part-time work experience, student involvement in the media, peer-assisted learning facilitation and charity fundraising. Kirsty Stewart Kirsty Stewart is the Edinburgh Award Coordinator at the University of Edinburgh.

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Wealth and Want

Higher Education Inquirer

These endowments are often the result of centuries of fundraising, donations, and strategic investments. Endowment Building: Strategies for building endowments, such as targeted fundraising campaigns and matching grants, can help to close the endowment gap. For some of these schools, it began with land theft and forced labor.

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Planning to Meet Your School’s Student and Operational Needs

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Broaden advising, career services & professional development. In his interview with WBUR, the President discussed a $60 million fundraising campaign over five years. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of the Vice Chancellor’s website lists some of its strategic priorities: . Serve our graduate students.

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Franklin & Marshall College Names Dr. Andrew Rich as 17th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During his six-year tenure at the Colin Powell School, Rich demonstrated exceptional ability in institutional growth and fundraising, according to officials at the private school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Altmann, who has led the institution since 2018. I am excited to become an F&M Diplomat, said Rich.

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Grad Students Should Consider Administrative Work

Higher Ed Connects: News

Graduate student career services might be of particular interest to grad students who have developed experience while looking beyond faculty roles themselves. and postdocs explore and enter a diverse range of careers. How Can You Learn About These Careers? Staff members also provide pre-professional advising.