Administering Programs to Engage Alumni with Students

This brief explores ways in which alumni organizations at public research universities connect with students at each stage of their university experience.

Key observations from our research:

1. Contacts identify employment upon graduation as the most important factor in student satisfaction with institutions.
2. Students at technical institutions receive encouragement to persist through rigorous academic programs from interactions with alumni.
3. Young alumni seek involvement with current students.
4. Alumni organizations (e.g., alumni affairs offices, alumni associations, student alumni associations) fund programs for students and alumni.
5. No profiled institutions offer alumni programs that specifically target international students or students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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