The CASE Library has gathered these resources to help members develop crisis management plans and communications strategies. This collection links to toolkits, books, articles, and webinars that share advice and recommended practices on how to respond to natural disasters, tragedies, scandals, and other crisis incidents. We also link to sample plans and policies.

The CASE Library maintains this collection of alumni student mentoring materials including program examples, mentor and mentee resources, forms and assorted other materials.

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

For colleges and universities, having a good reputation attracts students and faculty, generates alumni engagement, draws donations, and builds community goodwill. Today, it’s more important than ever that institutional leaders pay attention to reputation and cultivate trust. To do that, university leaders need to use these eight strategies: listen to its stakeholders, monitor the higher education environment, build transparency, provide guidance to colleagues, cultivate identity, avoid crises, build a distinct brand, and use rankings strategically.

The CASE Library has developed this resource collection on fundraising during a crisis or time of major change. It compiles resources on fundraising during the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic as well as fundraising following economic recessions, disasters, institutional scandals, and other major events. It includes articles and books on how institutions can respond to crises and how they can become more resilient for the future.

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.

The CASE Library has compiled these resources to help members navigate issues surrounding emergency aid funds.

The CASE Library has created this collection to assist members who are planning commencement ceremonies during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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.

The CASE Library maintains this collection of online samples for all CASE members. Samples include best practices from CASE award winners, crisis communications exercises, and crisis communications and emergency response plans.