The CASE Library has created this collection to support advancement professionals who work with volunteers. It includes information on recruiting, hiring, managing, evaluating, and stewarding volunteers. It also offers resources on volunteers working in specific functions, such as admissions, alumni relations, fundraising, and government relations.

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. 

The CASE Library frequently receives questions on special events, particularly on best practices for planning and executing an event and on measuring event success. In light of these requests, we have developed this resource collection with accompanying sample materials.

The CASE Library has developed a resource collection to assist advancement professionals looking to create or rebuild their annual homecomings and reunions. The collection offers information on planning and promoting homecoming and reunion initiatives.

For members seeking information on a variety of advancement topics, the CASE Library’s Advancement Resource Catalog provides a central stop for resources on topics including campaign planning, engaging non-traditional alumni, and the latest research in the world of advancement.

Anniversary celebrations can dazzle at any budget. Scaling ideas to work at any institution, with any size staff, is a dance between dreaming big and drilling down to what’s doable. 

As a growing number of women lead America's HBCUs their presence is forcing conversations related to gender equality in academia.

Women HBCU Presidents Forge a New Path

The CASE Library has developed this collection for members who are interested in planning for employment transitions, including resources on succession planning and knowledge retention. 

Each week, two women in their 90s ride the bus to Ithaca College from the nearby Longview retirement community to audit a course at the New York institution. Residents of the retirement community Oak Hammock at the University of Florida take language courses—and arrive by the busload to attend football games. Members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University in Washington, D.C., volunteer to lead study groups or contribute to the newsletter.