So we need to raise more endowment. The results of the forthcoming capital campaign should help. We need an economic model that factors in market pressures, price yield, and endowment support. Yet a recent study shows that many alumni believe that Wittenberg does not need their money. Actually it relates more to their ability to solve problems by gathering information from several relevant sources, assessing and synthesizing it, and then presenting their findings persuasively.
Professors here care about students as individuals.
They are accessible. I've dealt with assistants' teaching classes and with big school professors who didn't care about undergraduates. We need to educate alums about the value of what they got here, about the reality that they have a better life because of their Wittenberg education. They know how to cope with change and how to advocate a position. I believe that alumni have an obligation to reinvest.