The percentage of alumni who donate to their university has been declining for more than 25 years. This paper applies the proven theory of planned behavior to shed new insight on what factors influence alumni's decision whether or not to donate to their university. Nearly 1,500 non-donor alumni of a large, mid-Atlantic research university were surveyed. The study found that 36.6% of the difference in intent to donate was explained by a combination of attitudes, beliefs about what other people do or think should be done, perceptions of control, past donation behavior to other nonprofits, experience while in college, and ongoing communication with the university. Several elements, including attitudes, beliefs about what others do or think should be done, and rating of communication effectiveness had significant effects on alumni's intent to donate. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed. / Master of Arts / The percentage of alumni who donate to their university has been declining for more than 25 years. This paper applies the proven theory of planned behavior to shed new insight on what factors influence alumni’s decision whether or not to donate to their university. Nearly 1,500 non-donor alumni of a large, mid-Atlantic research university were surveyed. The study found that 36.6% of the difference in intent to donate was explained by a combination of attitudes, beliefs about what other people do or think should be done, perceptions of control, past donation behavior to other nonprofits, experience while in college, and ongoing communication with the university. Several elements, including attitudes, beliefs about what others do or think should be done, and rating of communication effectiveness had significant effects on alumni’s intent to donate. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

The backward cooperation of universities with their graduates should be among the priorities of each quality educational institutions, because through this relationship it is possible to obtain invaluable feedback in the form of practical knowledge from the graduates and many other benefits. The goal of this thesis is to evaluate the alumni system of the University of Economics in Prague, in comparison with similar systems of other universities and based on this comparison and research results to propose changes for the development of the system. This thesis contains theoretical viewpoints, the characteristics of the selected systems for graduates, their comparison and the suggestion of concrete recommendations for an alumni system of the University of Economics. Part of the thesis is research in the form of a questionnaire survey, in which opinions of graduates and students at University of Economics in the sphere of backward cooperation with the school were collected.

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This proposed qualitative study examined the donor behavior of six Black American alumni from a predominantly white institution (PWI) associated with slavery. The site selected for this study was assigned the pseudonym Anonymous University, which enrolls approximately 46,000 students with 9% of total enrolled students identifying as Black or African American. Using critical race theory (CRT) as a theoretical framework and portraiture as a research design, the purpose of this study was to explore how Black American alumni perceive their undergraduate or graduate student experiences, examine what experiences helped form their racial identity during college at a PWI associated with slavery, and how those experiences influence their alumni giving. The findings indicate that while racial identity development had no influence on the donor behavior of Black American alumni from a PWI associated with slavery, student experiences were highly influential in this alumni population participating in alumni giving. This study offers recommendations to higher education administrators, student affairs and development offices to enhance Black student experiences and strategies to increase participation of Black American alumni giving. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2021. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

In line with the revised philosophy, objectives, and emphases of the modern secondary school, the problem with which this study is concerned is: How do alumni contacts influence the educational program of medium-sized California high schools? The extent to which these schools maintain contact with their alumni, their procedures in maintaining contact, and the objectives and utilization of such contact fall within the scope of the study.

A commitment to advancing civic engagement has been evident throughout the history of the U.S. higher education system. Civic engagement is a part of the mission of fraternity and sorority organizations. Because of this commitment to civic engagement, the purpose of this study is to understand what is happening in the development of civic engagement of fraternity and sorority alumni, specifically the role fraternity and sorority life plays in this development. The research questions that guide this study include: 1) How do fraternity and sorority alumni exercise civic engagement upon graduating from their undergraduate college experiences?; 2) How do fraternity and sorority alumni make meaning of the impact past Greek participation play in their current commitment to civic engagement?; 3) What impact do environments along the academic pathway (e.g., high school, college, postcollege) have on the longitudinal process of meaning making around commitments to civic engagement for fraternity and sorority alumni? Levering key perspectives from Astin’s (1984) Person-Environmental Theory, Baxter Magolda’s Self-Authorship Theory (1999), and Musil’s Spiral Model (2009), the literature review synthesizes research on civic engagement inputs and outcomes into a new conceptual model for understanding the complex process of longitudinal civic engagement commitments via iterative precollege, college, and postcollege experiences. The design of this study comes a from a constructive-development pedagogy lens, that used focus groups to collect data from the narratives of 25 alumni members of fraternity and sorority organizations from a single institution site broken down by Council membership of the National Panhellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, and the Inter-Fraternity Council. The themes from the results included that most participants took part in a variety of civic engagement experiences prior to college; their commitment to civic engagement grew due to the influence of other chapter members and other student organizations during college; membership commitment due to the foundational leverage of internal commitment to civic engagement; and current environments and previous lived experiences had an impact on participants’ current civic engagement commitment and identity. Additional research should be conducted to determine if this research could be replicated at other higher education institutions and fraternity and sorority communities to better understand the long-term impact of these experiences on alumni’s civic engagement identity.

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) emerged in the early 19th century as a response to racial segregation and exclusion that characterized American postsecondary education. Of the 105 HBCUs, 47 are closely affiliated with a Black Church whose fundraising capability exceeded that of the HBCU. A decline in federal and state support for HBCU education and a shortfall in alumni fundraising relative to predominantly White institutions placed financial stress on HBCUs, which can raise tuition and reduce access to educational programs. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify, explore, and document, through the lived experiences and perceptions of HBCU alumni donors, regarding the reasons for giving and perceived support for Black churches and colleges. Expectancy value theory provided the theoretical framework for examining HBCU philanthropy. A purposive sample of 10 HBCU graduates who donated at least $100 annually to their alma mater and churches were recruited and participated in semi-structured interviews. Findings indicated that participants donated 10 to 20 times as much to their church annually as their HBCU alma mater. While church contributions were influenced by spiritual commitment, institutional loyalty and a sense of belonging influenced contribution to an alma mater. The culture of giving was more endemic to church support in the Black community than educational support. The main recommendation made by participants was that HBCUs should emulate churches by exercising greater transparency and accountability. Findings could help HBCU leadership in higher learning institutions understand that Black people are philanthropic and that they only need to be led into the culture of giving for future donations to the institutions. Future research is needed to develop repeatable programs and practices to improve HBCU giving. Keywords: HBCU, philanthropy, Black church donations, fundraising / Educational Leadership

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This study assessed the quality of graduate professional training in Christian education at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) in terms of the perceptions of program alumni. The subjects of the investigation were 780 alumni who graduated from DTS between 1984 and 2000. The Christian Education program was assessed utilizing Daniel Stufflebeam's CIPP model and alumni data collected from a survey instrument. A response rate of 65% (N=504) was achieved. The research procedure employed a non-experimental design methodology for the quantitative component and open-ended questions for the qualitative component. Most results were statistically significant at the .05 alpha level utilizing chi-square goodness-of-fit tests.

Bakgrund: Alumninätverk är ett nätverk för tidigare anställda på ett företag eller för examinerade studenter från högskola eller universitet. Alumninätverk är ovanligt i Sverige, men i USA jobbar företagen aktivt med detta. I avslutningsskedet av en anställning kommer alumni in som en del i Employer Branding processen då ett företag vill behålla kontakten med sina före detta medarbetare. Syfte: Syftet med föreliggande studie är att få fördjupad kunskap om de för- och nackdelar som företag upplever med att inrätta alumninätverk och vilken effekt det får när ett företag inrättar ett alumninätverk. Metod: För att uppnå syftet med denna uppsats har jag genomfört en kvalitativ undersökning där jag intervjuat ett konsultföretag inom området alumninätverk för att erhålla ett expertutlåtande och fyra företag som idag driver alumninätverk för sina tidigare anställda. Slutsats: Alla företag jag har intervjuat är överens om att fördelarna med ett alumninätverk är många. Bumerangrekryteringsmöjligheten, ambassadörskapet, affärsnätverket och möjligheten att utveckla en kundkontakt i framtiden är fördelarna som främst tas upp. Min slutsats är att fler företag bör börja arbeta med alumninätverk för jag tror att generation Y kräver en strategisk Employer Brandprocess där alumni är en viktig del. Alumninätverk är en strategi som kan bidra till företagets kompetensförsörjning. Alumninätverk är även en process som kan bidra till att företaget kan spara pengar. / Abstract Background: Alumni Network is a network of former employees of a company or graduates from a college or university. Alumni are rare in Sweden but in the U.S. these networks are very much active. In the final stages of the employment, alumni is part of the Employer Branding process, to keep in touch with their former colleagues. Purpose: The aim of this study is to get a deeper knowledge of advantages and disadvantages that companies experience with an alumni network and what effect it may have when a company sets up an alumni network. Method: For the purposes of this paper, I conducted a qualitative study in which I interviewed a consulting company in the field of alumni to obtain an expert opinion, and four companies that currently operate alumni for their former employees. Conclusion: All the companies I've interviewed agree that the benefits of an alumni network are numerous. Boomerang Recruiting, ambassadorship, business network and the possibility to develop a customer contact in the future are the primary benefits that are experienced. My conclusion is that more companies should start working with alumni because I think generation Y requires a strategic Employer Brand process where alumni are an important part. Alumni Network is a strategy that can contribute to the supply of skills. Alumni Network is also a process that can help the company to save money.