Stresses the value of community college alumni as college supporters, benefactors, and volunteers. Lists difficulties in organizing community college alumni associations. Reviews the history of the four-year college alumni movement. Suggests procedures for alumni identification and location, increasing involvement, organizational options, and…

Offers guidelines for establishing alumni programs, college foundations, and booster clubs at community colleges. Includes brief histories of these kinds of groups; discusses organizational, administrative, and operational concerns; and suggests ways the groups can support the college. (DMM)

Discusses various sources of private funds available to community colleges, including foundations, alumni, life-income gifts and annuity programs, corporations, and auxiliary enterprises. Identifies key members of a college's resource development team and warns of risks of increasing dependency on private funds. (DMM)