Chandler LeBoeuf, Vice President of Education for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, and Executive Director of the LCTCS Foundation, has been part of the System since 2012, going from student affairs to advancement. Through public-private partnerships, he leads innovative workforce development programs, which work to get individuals credentialed in high-demand fields and into the workforce. Learn more about his career path ad advice on building similar programs. 

The CASE Library compiled this collection of special events materials including invitations, programs, videos, planning guides, checklists, and assorted other materials. 

The CASE Library compiled this collection including links to commencement/graduation websites, videos, mobile apps, social media platforms, and alumni programming.

Today’s school advancement professional needs to lean on data to maximize alumni engagement. Learn how to establish the metrics and methods that move the needle.

CASE is pleased to see that U.S. News & World Report has updated its 2024 Best Colleges methodology and removed alumni giving as a ranking indicator.

Kim Rich is Senior Director of Advancement Services and Operations at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., U.S. She says a love of data, relationship building, and mission are at the heart of her career in advancement.

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.

Advancement professionals share stories of data in action. They are using the metrics and insights that come from participating in CASE’s industry-leading surveys to set strategy and goals, benchmark against peers, target constituent groups, enhance programming, meet campaign goals, and add new staff.

Hundreds of decisions advancement professionals make each day are data-driven. When we are functioning at our most strategic, we use the significant data at our disposal to make informed decisions that will improve our institutional advancement outcomes. We bring these outcomes to life with the stories of impact we tell.

In fall of 2016, the CASE Commission on Alumni Relations created the Alumni Engagement Metrics Task Force to address the need for an industry-wide framework to measure alumni engagement. The result was the Alumni Engagement Metrics survey, CASE’s first truly global survey. Now, with results from three years of AEM, advancement professionals who work in alumni relations are benefiting from measuring their results in four areas: volunteerism, experiential, philanthropic, and communication. The ability to document positive outcomes is already elevating the profession. In this article, we hear from CASE members who participated in AEM and how it is changing their work for the better.