Add abstract
Want to add your dissertation abstract to this database? It only takes a minute!
Search abstract
Search for abstracts by subject, author or institution
Want to add your dissertation abstract to this database? It only takes a minute!
Search for abstracts by subject, author or institution
Community College Alumni Private Fundraising| Strategies and Factors for Success A Systematic Review
by Claudia Yvonne Owens
Institution: | University of Maryland University College |
---|---|
Department: | |
Degree: | |
Year: | 2017 |
Keywords: | Community college education; Entrepreneurship; Higher education |
Posted: | 2/1/2018 12:00:00 AM |
Record ID: | 2155263 |
Full text PDF: | http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10252291 |
The time has come for community colleges to realize the potential of alumni private funding gifts. While some community colleges have developed alumni associations with success as a source for private fundraising, there are many that have not been successful. Today leaders are still perplexed as to the strategies and factors that contribute to the success of alumni fundraising in the community college environment. Alumni associations can be a funding source and alumni can be advocates, volunteers, and recruiting ambassadors for the colleges. Many community colleges do not know how to engage former students as alumni or begin the process of grooming current students for their role as alumni. Community colleges must begin to realize how its alumni can be a source to address the needs of the college. The purpose of this study is to analyze the literature to determine the most effective strategies to create successful alumni associations. Evidence based research was be used to analyze how community colleges can identify and engage former students as alumni, what the role of the community college president and chief development officer is in establishing successful community college alumni associations, and what factors are important in developing successful alumni programs to realize the potential of private fundraising gifts. Invest, communicate, engage, and then make the ask! This study will contribute to the community college literature and provide community college leadership with the strategies and factors for success in creating alumni associations to assist with the needs for additional funding sources and to utilize alumni as advocates, volunteers, and recruiting ambassadors for the colleges
Want to add your dissertation abstract to this database? It only takes a minute!
Search for abstracts by subject, author or institution
![]() |
Electric Cooperative Managers' Strategies to Enhan...
|
![]() |
The Filipina-South Floridian International Interne...
Agency, Culture, and Paradox
|
![]() |
Bullied!
Coping with Workplace Bullying
|
![]() |
Commodification of Sexual Labor
Contribution of Internet Communities to Prostituti...
|
![]() |
The Census of Warm Debris Disks in the Solar Neigh...
|
![]() |
Performance, Managerial Skill, and Factor Exposure...
|
![]() |
The Deritualization of Death
Toward a Practical Theology of Caregiving for the ...
|
![]() |
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Styles
Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Intel...
|
![]() |
Solution or Stalemate?
Peace Process in Turkey, 2009-2013
|
![]() |
Risk Factors and Business Models
Understanding the Five Forces of Entrepreneurial R...
|