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The Effect Of Volunteering On Philanthropic Giving To American Higher Education, Jess Metzmeier
The Effect Of Volunteering On Philanthropic Giving To American Higher Education, Jess Metzmeier
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones
To explore the effect of volunteering on philanthropic giving to U.S. higher education, the study considered the giving rates of first-time alumni participants in an alumni-student career mentor program as measured over three periods: the year prior to their first year as a mentor, their first year as a mentor, and the year following their first year as a mentor. Using a repeated measure ANOVA statistical method, the study sought to determine if there is a statistically significant variance in the giving rates of these volunteers across the three measures. The study also explored the influence of a participant’s prior …
The Relationship Between Young Alumni Participation And Giving, Glenn Kosse
The Relationship Between Young Alumni Participation And Giving, Glenn Kosse
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones
This study sought to determine the relationship between young alumni participation in alumni association sponsored events and young alumni giving through the research questions (a) is there a relationship between young alumni participation and giving to the university?; and (b) is the giving behavior of young alumni who are donors to the university affected by attendance at alumni association events?
This study utilized a univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis with three separate dependent variables: pre-event giving, post-event giving, and total giving. The independent variables were factors describing specific young alumni behaviors: (a) attend but do not give, (b) do …