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Students connect peers to alumni, industry resources

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: For students, leveraging their institution’s alumni network can be easier said than done. The Connect Team at Hamilton College in New York serves as a bridge between students and graduates working in various industries. In total, the Connect Team reaches between 250 to 300 alumni annually through its programming and work.

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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. “When a school actually works with their alumni, it allows the programs to highlight their success organically. Here are several ways active alumni can boost an institution’s overall success.

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Recruiting Roundup – February 2024 

CAPD

MIT’s spring semester kicked off with a flurry of recruitment activity last February. Spring Career Night 2/28 – CAPD orchestrated this event, connecting 37 employers with over 400 students, postdocs, and recent alumni. As an added bonus, attendees could snag FREE headshots, perfect for enhancing their LinkedIn profiles.

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

EAB

Blogs Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning 8 tactics to benefit your alumni—and recruit more adult leaners Professional, continuing, and online leaders too often overlook one of the most fruitful recruitment pools: alumni, many of whom are excellent candidates as adult learners.

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Leadership Strategies for Rebuilding Trust on Campus: Part 1

Campus Sonar

In Campus Sonar’s latest industry trends report on “ Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed ,” we explored the gap between trust and value to understand what audiences discuss about a college degree using social intelligence. Former Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor, Melody Rose, said : “There’s a lot of mystery about our industry.

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Which 2 groups can actually be hurt by the end of legacy admissions? One may surprise you

University Business

With students from underserved backgrounds liable to take the biggest step backward, university officials believed the practice of favoring applicants who hail from alumni was difficult to justify. Alumni can help to strengthen recruitment and build bridges between academics and industry. ” he says.

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Tips for building your AmeriCorps service into a career

College Forward

We recently sat down with Jasmine McCain, College Possible Omaha’s recruitment and training manager, to discuss what it means to leverage an AmeriCorps experience. Tap into the network: AmeriCorps organizations exist all over the country, and so do alumni. Access the AmeriCorps alumni website and the alumni job board.