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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School spirit isn’t measured by how many people show up at a football game or some such nonsense but by the percent of alums who donate to their alma mater.  By that metric none of the top schools are big state U but rather schools like Wellesley as the PP pointed out (ranked 10th I believe), Princeton, Williams, etc.[/quote]

You can’t make that comparison without controlling for the wealth of the graduates.[/quote]

Because donating $10 a year would financially cripple a state U grad?  Not a great endorsement for the quality of education received.[/quote]

You really think it's coincidence that the schools you mentioned are all known for attracting old money, uber-wealthy families?  The wealthy somehow have more spirit?[/quote]

Academic research has shown that alumni giving is correlated with positive undergraduate experience.

Title: Alumni Satisfaction with Their Undergraduate Academic Experience and the Impact on Alumni Giving and Participation

Findings: "Results from this research indicated that there were significant increases in both alumni giving and alumni participation based on the degree of alumni satisfaction with the undergraduate academic experience. As alumni satisfaction increased so did the odds of alumni giving and alumni participation. Thus alumni who are satisfied with their academic experience are more likely to be involved (i.e., give and/or participate) with the university than those alumni who are not as satisfied with their academic experience."

Link: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/palgrave.ijea.2140220.pdf

Title: Patterns of giving to one’s alma mater among young graduates from selective institutions

Conclusion: "The single biggest determinant of the generosity of alumni donations is satisfaction with one’s undergraduate experience."

Link:http://theunbrokenwindow.com/Higher%20Ed/Readings/Monks%20EER%20Young%20Gifts.pdf[/quote]

Not denying that there's a relationship, but wealth is not irrelevant.  Controlling for it would yield more interesting results.[/quote]

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