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Originally posted by WenD08
i WE as alums should also make an effort to send money to our institutions. you can't just take and not give back.
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So true WenD. I know that major donors (foundations and such) look at, amoung other things, the percentage of alum support when they are making decisions who to give to. If we don't support our own, then why should the people with major dollars (who may not even have a relationship with the school) do so? That's like not feeding your kids, but mad 'cause your neighbor down the street did not give them supper.
I was deeply sadden when Morris Brown lost it's accrediation. (BTW, Sistermadly, I don't know if is still the case, but when I was an AUC student the term "MoBrown" was considered an insult by Morris Brown students). While I am proud of my alma mater's increasingly high standards (shoot, I was in the honors program when I was there, but those grades/SAT scores today would not guarentee me the last spot in the class!), not every competent student with a bright future ahead of them can do that. I really thought about sending them some $$s, but I just could not justify sending good money after bad since the accounting problems and mismanagement of funds seemed to be systemic and were not being addressed.