By Patricia Danver

(CASE 2005)

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Here are two truisms: These are uncertain times. Fundraising is as important as ever.

The CASE Advancement in Schools Survey, launching 5 Feb., serves to trace the expansion and innovation of development and external relations initiatives in schools

Although more than two decades have passed since Claire Matern attended Zurich International School, she can still remember the warm embrace she felt as a newly transplanted second-grader from Brooklyn, New York.

"I got sung the song and I sang the song [to others]," Matern says of the welcome anthem serenaded to all newbies during school assemblies. "It was a nice indication that you're one of us. And when you left, everyone sang ‘Happy Trails,' which was so touching."

That Matern still recalls those details despite attending ZIS for just three years is an outcome any international school would welcome, too.

International schools typically follow a national or international curriculum different from the host country. They educate a highly transient, multinational, and multilingual student population for global citizenship. Since 2000, the K-12 international school market has tripled, as more wealthy local families seek the Westernized education and career opportunities that come from it for their children.

The Advancement Resource Catalog is the Library's database of 15,000+ item records (including articles, books, and white papers) available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

CASE advocates for integrated advancement, which encompasses all the disciplines working in a professional capacity to advance our schools, colleges, and universities. By developing both understanding of, and empathy for, all the professional disciplines that must collaborate effectively to advance education to transform lives and society, we will be most successful.

We recently participated in the Asia+Pacific International Advancement Study Tour. It was intended to be a blend of social, cultural, and professional experiences for those of us who are looking to enhance our international advancement programs. We checked all of these boxes as we shared ideas, ate some terrific food, and visited some interesting sites!

Stanford University’s School of Medicine remembered lives lost to COVID with the award-winning “Apart-Together Remembrance" memorial sculpture that brought together people across disciplines and across campus.

The COVID-19 pandemic wrecked colleges’ most carefully laid plans for in-person events. What are the best questions to ask, and resources to rely on, as we all adapt to the moment and an uncertain future?

Joanna Watts has more than 25 years of experience in higher education both in the U.K. and Australia. Passionate about building better donor and alumni experiences, Watts participated in writing the Australian/New Zealand chapter of the CASE Global Reporting Standards. Here, she explains how the new standards give institutions the tools to benchmark globally, no matter how small or large their advancement departments are.