“There are so many juicy and amazing things we can tease out of data,” says analytics enthusiast and CASE volunteer Amanda Jarmon. She is an advocate for people with neurodivergence, calling her own experience with it her “superpower’ that enhances her ability to deeply analyze data for her clients. 

Auburn University's advancement marketing department requires teams to collect metrics—but until recently, the numbers weren’t very useful to the marketing and communications team. Then Director of Content Todd Deery had an idea.

Across Circle of Excellence Awards categories, women-focused themes emerged. Here are five winning entries that highlight, uplift, and celebrate women through compelling storytelling.

In the past two years, Wheaton College evaluated its social media ambassador program to better align it with institutional diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging goals. Anice Rodrigues Barbosa’s team created systemic practices that continue to generate growth within the program and division, as well as throughout the college.

Rates of mental health issues among college students have been rising for a nearly a decade—made worse by the pandemic. Now, more colleges and universities are discussing, focusing on, and prioritizing mental health initiatives. Here’s how advancement teams are working to support students’ mental health today, by raising awareness and sharing information, mobilizing donor and alumni support, and promoting wellness campuswide.

To help students overcome geographic, economic, and social barriers to education, LUMS launched a comprehensive recruitment and support initiative. Here's how the Pakistan university's award-winning program is making an impact.

What is race equity as it applies to education institutions? How are advancement teams approaching this work, which experts say involves a wholesale transformation of organizational cultures? How are institutions and individuals moving forward in the name of equity? 

The director of strategic communications at The Browning School shares her thoughts on representation, authenticity, and the power of alumni of color.

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Nearly 125 colleges in the U.S. exhibit four or more of the risk factors, putting them in danger of closing. And there are several challenges on the horizon that put more private colleges at greater risk than ever before. Advancement professionals at these institutions are in the best position to drive the actions that could save these institutions.