In 2024, 394 institutions from 19 countries, grouped into seven regions, participated in the CASE Insights on Alumni Engagement survey. Respondents submitted data for their most recently completed fiscal year. This report presents findings by region, type of institution, and whether the institution is public or private.

CASE Insights on Voluntary Support of Education, 2024 Report covers trends in the economy and voluntary support, survey respondent results, advancement investment, emerging findings, and more. 

Order the CASE Insights on Voluntary Support of Education (VSE), 2023 Report

The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 spurred renewed discussions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace and academia. This resource collection from the CASE Library introduces the basics of AI, takes a look at some of the latest trends and ethical questions, and provides information on how AI is being leveraged by educational institutions and nonprofit organizations. 

In 2023, 375 institutions from 20 countries, grouped into seven regions, participated in the CASE Insights on Alumni Engagement survey. Respondents submitted data for their most recently completed fiscal year. This report presents findings by region, type of institution, and whether the institution is public or private.

In 2022, 350 institutions from 17 countries, grouped into five regions, participated in the CASE Global Alumni Engagement Metrics (AEM) survey. Respondents submitted data for their most recently completed fiscal year. This report presents findings by region, type of institution, and whether the institution is public or private.

In 2021, 365 institutions from 19 countries, grouped into five regions, participated in the CASE Global Alumni Engagement Metrics (AEM) survey. Respondents submitted data for their most recently completed fiscal year. This report presents findings by region, type of institution, and whether the institution is public or private.

CASE and the National Association of Independent Schools are partnering to enhance data collection and analysis for independent schools. In 2022, CASE and NAIS will update the online Data and Analysis for School Leadership survey  tool to create a powerful, one-stop shop for U.S. independent school data collection.

According to the most recent results from the Voluntary Support of Education Survey, CASE estimates that colleges and universities in the U.S. raised $52.9 billion during the 2020-2021 fiscal year, up from $49.5 billion the previous year.

Community colleges, however, experienced a net increase of 52.5% over that same period of time, thanks in large part to transformational gifts from MacKenzie Scott, American novelist, philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. But if you exclude her gifts, how did community colleges fare?

One of the hallmarks of development operations is the abundance of data. But how can a small shop stay afloat in such a tremendous tide? In this excerpt from their book, Carrie Collins and Necie Liggeons look at why metrics matter for small shops, benchmarking, and which metrics matter most.