We are saddened at the loss of Lori Houlihan, long-time champion of educational advancement.

CASE leadership unanimously voted to maintain CASE membership dues at 2020 levels.

Following a year of extreme variability, community colleges can learn from 2020’s fundraising data to further explore valuable aspects of advancement—including online/mobile giving, donor-advised funds, alumni relations, and institutional benchmarking.

In comparison to their university brethren, community college alumni relations programs remain at an early stage. But advancement professionals at Austin Community College District and Collin College are building a greater understanding of former students’ passion and dedication for the institutions.

The challenges of working remotely have shown a discordance of balancing everyday life with managing job responsibilities under the same roof.

With the growth of remote working and the new freedoms that this has allowed us, we have the development of a new phenomenon- the workation.

Some may say that we are slowly turning the corner of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with whatever stage of progress the world is in at the one-year anniversary mark, there is another phenomenon on the horizon - your post pandemic psyche.

The CASE Global Reporting Standards were reviewed and updated by advancement professionals and CASE volunteers.

The Robert Henry Scholarship in support of the CASE Minority Advancement Institute will initially provide for two scholarships of $250 to be awarded annually.

Ann Snyder, CASE's director of schools, gives her four philanthropy predictions for schools in the coming year.