subject: What Help Can Alumni Associations Provide To University [print this page] It goes without saying that alumni associations are a great help to the educational establishments. As a matter of fact, every college and university has its alumni association. The members try to give any possible support to their educational establishment. It can be financial funds, support for graduators with building careers or any other kind of help.
Let us consider the types of support that alumni association can provide for their educational establishments.
1.First of all, it should be mentioned that every graduator can become a member of the alumni association.
2.The main purpose of every alumni association is to support ties of university with its graduates.
3.The second aim is to enhance the quality of education at the university while providing it with any possible support.
4.Third, members of association provide considerable funds to the university, so, they are considered to be the main source of financial support.
5.Moreover, alumni provide the university with valuable knowledge and necessary information about the requirements of the profession that should be taken into consideration by the university in order to update the courses to the modern needs of the society and prepare professionals with real world skills.
6.Moreover, every alumni association often provides universities with any possible additional academic materials including equipment, machinery, literature and manuals.
7.Students of the university also can get help from the alumni. The thing is that alumni associations offer grants for continuing postgraduate education at their university or for internship in some prestigious company of their native country or even overseas.
8.And the last thing about the alumni associations. Every organization has its own web site, magazine or newspaper. These sites are the sources of any kind of information for students and graduators. One can find there grant programs, job information and links to other sites that can be used by student and teachers.
