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From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

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Engaged student and alum supporter: My daughter gets very excited when she hears talk about the university she attended. That’s because her school did a great job of engaging her while she was still a student. Engaged student and alum turned non-supporter: My husband used to be very engaged with his university.

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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. This fall, a year into my master’s program, I started an internship on Candid’s communications team.

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham: Transforming Student Journeys Through Salesforce

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally-renowned, public doctoral research university and academic health center dedicated to transforming the student experience. Thrailkill elaborates, stating, “We see with students that text messaging is how they want to receive communications, especially since COVID.

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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) selected our successful Bookshare library as the provider of accessible materials to every student in the U.S. with a collection of over 126,000 books (and counting) that currently serves more than 148,000 members, including over 143,000 students. There are some 7.5

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Three Data-Informed Strategies for Better Member Engagement

Association Analytics

For instance, at IAEE the team started with student members who could be interested in the Workforce-ready Certificate. In their last year as students, the association shared content about the certification program, offering opportunities for these students to take the course even though they could not certify.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I talk a lot about how technology can help create tremendous educational opportunities for students with print disabilities. Steffon, who attends Gadsden Community College in Gadsden, Alabama is a straight-A student who has made his college deans list each semester. Because the Bookshare collection is free to qualified U.S.

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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

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These insights came from Melanie and Tara, along with the nearly 100 people who attended and lit up the chat: From Melanie: How declining trust is affecting higher education 2023 Gallup data shows that public trust in higher education has dropped 20 points over the last 8 years to a historic low of only 36% having confidence in higher education.