October 12, 2022

Growing alumni engagement

Alumni can help colleges’ fundraising and recruitment efforts. They also can serve as mentors to current students. And the good news is that alumni are “increasingly interested in connecting with their alma maters,” according to results of a survey by Anthology

The survey includes responses from 2,365 college and university alumni. Nearly 400 (17%) of the responses were from community college alumni. Seventy-two percent of the community college graduates expressed interest in staying connected with their alma mater (86% of non-community college graduates expressed the same).

More than 60% of alumni respondents showed high interest in participating in networking opportunities, career-related programming and community service activities. Breaking it down further, 53% of community college graduates expressed interest in networking opportunities at their alma mater.