Alumni.
Alumni. Spirit.
Alumni. Spirit. Friends.
Alumni. Connecting.
Alumni. Giving. Connecting.
Events. Calendar.
Events. Calendar. Memories.
Graduate. Alumni. Test.
Reason. Alumni. Alma Mater.
Right Classmates. Left.
Facebook. Classmates. Left.
Classmates. LinkedIn.
Left. Brain. Spirit.
Participation. Brain. Spirit.
Participation. Donating. Spirit.
Twitter. Survey. YouTube.
News. Updates.
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CASE Online Speaker Series December 9, 2010 100 College Alumni Web Pages Staying Connected Brenda Foster, Partner, GCF Katie Pugh, Senior Account Manager, GCF
GCF Research Ten years of surveying 100 college sites for trends and presenting findings 2010 asked, What s working, what s not, and how can alumni sites be improved?
The Participants High school seniors: 19 1 5 years out of college: 23 6 10 years out of college: 20 11 20 years out of college: 17 21+ years out of college: 21
The Participants Male; 45% Female; 55%
The Process Participants were given an alumni website to review. Most participants filled out one survey, a few filled out two. They were asked to complete the survey online. Once all 100 institutions were reviewed the data was collected, organized, and analyzed.
The Survey Online survey Consisted of five sections Landing Section Marketing Design Navigation Technology Total questions: 24
The Institutions 16 Private Liberal Arts 2 1 3 5 34 Private Small Private Medium Private Large Private Ivy Public Liberal Arts 8 Public Small Public Medium 15 16 Public Large
The Institutions Agnes Scott College Allegheny College Amherst College Bellarmine University Bethany College Bloomsburg University Brigham Young University Brown University Bryant University Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Champlain College Christian Brothers University Clemson University Coe College College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Concordia University Texas Cornell University Dakota State University DePauw University Dickinson University Drexel University Duke University Elizabethtown College Emory University Fairfield University Fordham University Gettysburg College Gonzaga University Goucher College Hendrix College High Point University Hofstra University Howard University Immaculata University Ithaca College
James Madison University King s College Lawrence University Louisiana College Loyola University Maryland Macalester College Missouri University of Science and Technology Montana Tech of the University of Montana Mount Holyoke College New Jersey s Science & Technology University Northwestern University Occidental College Oral Roberts University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Quinnipiac University Rosemont College Rutgers University Salisbury University San Diego State University San Francisco State University St. Bonaventure University St. Olaf College SUNY Maritime College SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry Sweet Briar College Texas Christian University The George Washington University The University of Tennessee at Martin The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Transylvania University Tri-State University Tulane University University at Buffalo
University of Albany University of Dallas University of Georgia University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Maine Farmington University of Mary Hardin Baylor University of Miami University of Northern Iowa University of Notre Dame University of Oregon University of Puget Sound University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Tulsa Valparaiso University Villanova University Wagner College Warner Pacific College Washington and Jefferson College Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Western Washington University Westminster College Wofford College Xavier University of Louisiana
The Results GCF will share the results during the live presentation.
Quantitative Top Ten GCF will share the results, and comments from the institutions during the live presentation.
GCF Top Five GCF will share the results during the live presentation.
The Clunk List GCF will share the results during the live presentation.
The Click List GCF will share the results during the live presentation.
Cool Ideas GCF will share the results during the live presentation.
Conclusion GCF will share the results during the live presentation.
Questions?
Thank you! Brenda Foster: Brenda@GCFonline.com Katie Pugh: Katie@GCFonline.com 410.467.4672 www.gcfonline.com