<p>Gentlemen,</p>
<p>There is no point in arguing alumni participation without first knowing how each college calculates/ascertains the number of current alums. No accusations, but many colleges have finessed their number of alums (read reduced) in order to report an apparent higher percentage of alumni donations. Blame USN&WR ranking wars.</p>
<p>Edit: I know of LACs asking for as little as $1.00 so the institution can add another donor to the equation.</p>