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SCHOOL ACADEMIC SUPPORT REVENUES BLUES |
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Undergraduate alumni financial support is often more closely linked to team sports performance than academics - Funding for private undergraduate school academic programs suffers. [Independent interviews with undergraduate school staff and alumni (1998-99)] "Fully 35% to 50% of law firm associates leave within three years because the firms don't accommodate family needs ...." The Wall Street Journal (6/29/1999) Stemming the tide of law firm associate (and partner) drop-outs has become a law practice issue of national significance. E.g., ABA Journal May/June 1999 As "rude awakenings" and dispelled illusions give rise to increasingly widespread disenchantment with the realities of the traditional practice of law - without the benefit of understanding the potential breadth and benefit of other applications of law degrees in the marketplace - the interest in contributing to undergraduate and law school alma maters of undergraduate alumni who went on to law school, parents of those alumni, and others who are touched in the process, decreases ... dramatically. Potential Cause - Cure - Alumni Academic Revenue Rehabilitation |