The CASE Library has developed a resource collection on advancement in independent schools. The collection offers information on general trends, advancement, alumni and parent engagement, communications and marketing, and fundraising. This collection also includes a guide to all the CASE Library's sample collections that feature sections for independent schools samples. We encourage you to visit the Schools hub for additional resources and news from CASE.

This sample collection includes material on parent councils, such as brochures, applications and role expectations, as well as material on parent giving campaigns, parent newsletters, parent welcome and orientation guides and material specifically for parents of international students.

The CASE Library has prepared this collection to help advancement professionals plan for and move through a transition.

The Library maintains this collection of board materials including bylaws, board roles and responsibilities, committee structures and responsibilities, nomination and orientation material, and assorted other documents. The pages linked below are arranged by document type, then alphabetically by institution.

There may be no better group of supporters than alumni. Alumni know their alma mater and have benefited the most from your institutional offerings—education and social connections. They’ve formed relationships with each other and your faculty and staff. They have a life-long affinity for your school, making them a prime group for successful fundraising. 

The CASE Library maintains this collection of board materials including bylaws, board roles and responsibilities, committee structures and responsibilities, nomination and orientation material, and assorted other documents.

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 president of Augsburg University speaks about his institution’s long-running commitment to inclusion and equity, how the past year has brought more urgency, and the crucial role of advancement.

In too many organizations, advancement is lagging on diversity, equity, and inclusion when it should be leading—and leading proactively. To build inclusive cultures and achieve real success in DEI objectives, advancement teams have to move from awareness to assessment to understanding. It's action with accountability. In this book excerpt, Angelique Grant and Ronald J. Schiller share key steps for leaders to do that.

Sports rivalries in higher education and among independent schools foster advancement opportunities