Clear-up confusion in reporting alumni participation numbers to avoid reputational issues.

View this pre-webcast recording that defines the basic verbiage associated with alumni participation reporting. More specifically, this recording will outline the definitions of Alumni “of recordâ€, Alumni solicited, and Alumni donors. If you are new to higher education advancement or unfamiliar with these terms, we highly recommended that you watch this online training module prior to the webcast.

Agenda

• Alumni participation in the rankings
  • Why is it included?
  • Methodology of U.S. News
  • Issues with using participation as a proxy for satisfaction
• The U.S. News Rankings and the Voluntary Support of Education Survey (VSE)
• Categories and Definitions
• Details
  • Alumni vs. degreed alumni
  • Undergraduate vs. graduate alumni
  • Number “of recordâ€
  • Number solicited vs. number solicitable
  • Number “of record†vs. number solicited
  • Number of donors
  • “Lost†alumni
  • The graduating class
  • Alumni who give indirectly
• Best practices with U.S. News
  • Unresolved issues and inconsistencies
  • The challenge
    • Your goal
    • Knowing the rules and your institution’s numbers
    • Understanding the impact of business process decisions
    • Internal reporting issues