Kai Yi Ong, Head, Membership (Asia-Pacific), shares how members are the heart of CASE's work.

It’s a perennial question for advancement teams: what are the latest activities (that actually work) to engage this generation of young alumni? In the CASE Communities online discussion boards, alumni relations professionals shared these ideas. 

A staff member since 1987, Brett Chambers says it’s CASE volunteers who are at the core of his career passion.

"Everyone’s career story is unique,” says CASE Co-Executive Director of CASE Europe Pamela Agar, “[and] career paths can be surprising.” Here’s what she’s learned along her journey—and what she’s learned through each career move. 

Leading advancement teams today, amid change and hefty expectations, is like “constantly being in quicksand,” says Jhumar Johnson. That’s why cultivating resilience is crucial. Here, Johnson—who spent 11 years at the U.K.’s Open University—shares how resilience is built on consistency and trust, but also failure and joy.

What members are thinking and sharing: book club selections, adjusting faculty and staff giving campaigns, and more.

Read what members have to say regarding dollar-level thresholds for publicizing gifts and reworking alumni newsletters in the increasingly digital world.

This is the third in our series of excerpts from CASE at 50: A Narrative History of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The book, commissioned by CASE and written by Rob Moore, highlights special moments and seminal stories from the organization’s first 50 years. The story here is adapted from Chapter 6: Becoming, about CASE's first steps toward a more international profile.

CASE Senior Director of Library & Standards, Cindy Moon-Barna, answers a frequently asked question about the CASE Global Reporting Standards ahead of its 2024 update.

This increasingly global nature of the profession enhances CASE’s impact and value to help you succeed—whether you work at a small, private, independent school or college or a large, research-intensive university. Talent, creativity, and expertise exist around the world, and we all have the good fortune to learn from and grow through our colleagues’ knowledge and practice.