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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But no where have I said that W&M have unhappy alumni. I simply refuted the statement that because W&M is on the top of the list on alumni giving for public universities, that ergo they must have happy alumni. I pointed to factors such as W&M's size and wealth student population that leads it to have a high giving rate over other publics.
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You refuted nothing.  It is evidence of likely alumni satisfaction.  If you had to bet your life on whether the school at the top of the alumni giving percentage list has higher alumni satisfaction or the school at the top of the alumni giving percentage list has higher alumni satisfaction, which would you pick?  If you are being honest, I think you would pick the school at the top.  Why?  Because it is evidence of likely alumni satisfaction, and the vast majority of people would see it that way as well.

This is what USNWR says about it:  Alumni giving rate average: The nonweighted mean percentage of undergraduate alumni of record who donated money to the college or university. [b]The percentage of alumni giving serves as a proxy for how satisfied students are with the school. 
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You can also find research that shows there is a correlation between satisfaction and giving rate.  For instance, Ruffalo Noel Levitz, the firm that does graduate surveys for universities.[/quote]

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