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The Weekend: University leaders see alumni engagement as a cost center
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The Weekend: University leaders see alumni engagement as a cost center

Originally published in LinkedIn, May 13, 2026

If you are an alumni engagement professional in advancement, you should be very concerned that your unit is treated as a cost center by your university leaders. Recently, Inside Higher Ed published an editorial by Brooke Barnett, President of Rollins College, and Jonathan Purvis, CFRE, VP of Advancement and Marketing at Butler University, entitled “How …

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