This paper aims to provide students with a career edge, business students require more than concepts and calculations to be successful in their future career. They require professional skill sets, mentors, relationship guides and as much real industry experience as they can gather before graduation. This study sheds some light on how a small business school (SBS) in a nonprofit private academic institution (NPAI) located in an isolated rural area of the USA has been able to tap its strong alumni relationships to provide mentoring and experiential learning opportunities to students using its student-managed investment funds (SMIFs) as the vehicle. Although this study uses a small, geographically isolated institution, the authors believe that the approach taken by this particular school can be replicated by any academic institution that strives to enhance student learning experience by promoting mentorship and experiential learning.,This study starts with a brief introduction (Section 1) and a short review of literature (Section 2) to highlight the numerous benefits of alumni engagement and student mentorship. Section 2 shows institutional background on the NPAI, the SBS and the SMIF. The major part of the study starts with a discussion on the set of rules to guide in the construction of a student-alumni relationship framework that could be easily modified to the unique characteristics of the institution. Next, the role and responsibility of the investment advisory board (IAB) and its members’ engagement with students are discussed. In the last part of the study, SBS is used as a case study to show how alumni contribute to SBS and enhance students’ experiential learning by contributing as mentor, IAB member, advisors to the FMIF and career mentorship. This study concludes with a discussion on potential areas of conflict and friction for alumni involvement.,This study shows that SBS in a NPAI has been able to tap its strong alumni relationship to provide mentoring and experiential learning opportunities to students using its SMIF as the vehicle. The authors believe that the approach taken by this particular school can be replicated by any academic institution that strives to promote mentorship and experiential learning.,This case study is focused on a SBS in a NPAI that has a strong alumni relationship and enough resources to successfully tap on its alumni. It would be interesting to learn how this approach can be used in resource-limited public institutions.,As the case study shows, any business school that values experiential learning can rely on its alumni to enhance student learning experience by properly using its alumni resources.,The results of this study show that business schools’ outreach opportunities and student experiential learning experience can be enhanced and business schools’ academic qualification and ranking, which leads to improvement in student enrollment, can be improved. Overall, the major beneficiary would be the business schools’ immediate and larger community.,The authors are positive that multiple universities are properly taking advantage of using their alumni relationship.

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本文旨在为学生提供职业优势，而商科学生要想在未来的职业生涯中取得成功，不仅需要概念和计算。他们需要专业技能，导师，人际关系指导以及毕业前可以收集的尽可能多的实际行业经验。这项研究揭示了位于美国偏远农村地区的非营利性私立学术机构（NPAI）中的小型商学院（SBS）如何能够利用其强大的校友关系为学生提供指导和体验式学习机会使用其学生管理的投资基金（SMIF）作为工具。尽管本研究使用的是一个地理位置分散的小型机构，作者认为，这所特殊学校所采用的方法可以被任何通过推广导师制和体验式学习来努力提高学生学习体验的学术机构所仿效。本研究从简要介绍（第1节）和简短的文献综述开始（第2部分）强调了校友参与和学生指导的众多好处。第2节显示了NPAI，SBS和SMIF的机构背景。该研究的主要部分从讨论规则集开始，以指导构建学生-校友关系框架，该框架可以轻松地修改为该机构的独特特征。接下来，讨论了投资顾问委员会（IAB）的角色和责任及其成员与学生的互动。在研究的最后一部分中，将SBS用作案例研究，以显示校友如何通过担任导师，IAB成员，FMIF顾问和职业指导，为SBS做出贡献并增强学生的体验学习。这项研究以对校友参与的潜在冲突和摩擦领域的讨论作为结尾。该研究表明，NPAI中的SBS能够利用其强大的校友关系，以其SMIF作为工具为学生提供指导和体验学习机会。作者认为，这所特殊学校采用的方法可以被任何旨在促进指导和体验式学习的学术机构所仿效。本案例研究的重点是拥有牢固的校友关系和足够的资源来成功开展NPAI的SBS。点击其校友。学习如何在资源有限的公共机构中使用这种方法将很有趣。如案例研究所示，任何重视体验式学习的商学院都可以依靠其校友，通过正确使用其校友资源来增强学生的学习体验。研究结果表明，可以提高商学院的拓展机会和学生体验式学习经验，并可以提高商学院的学历和排名，从而提高招生人数。总的来说，主要的受益者将是商学院的直接和更大的社区。作者们坚信，多所大学都在适当利用校友关系。如案例研究所示，任何重视体验式学习的商学院都可以通过适当地利用校友资源来依靠其校友来增强学生的学习体验。研究结果表明，商学院的外展机会和学生体验式学习体验可以提高商学院的学历和排名，从而提高学生的入学率。总的来说，主要的受益者将是商学院的直接和更大的社区。作者们坚信，多所大学都在适当利用校友关系。如案例研究所示，任何重视体验式学习的商学院都可以通过适当地利用校友资源来依靠其校友来增强学生的学习体验。研究结果表明，商学院的外展机会和学生体验式学习体验可以提高商学院的学历和排名，从而提高学生的入学率。总的来说，主要的受益者将是商学院的直接和更大的社区。作者们坚信，多所大学都在适当利用校友关系。研究结果表明，可以提高商学院的拓展机会和学生体验式学习经验，并可以提高商学院的学历和排名，从而提高学生的入学率。总的来说，主要的受益者将是商学院的直接和更大的社区。作者们坚信，多所大学都在适当利用校友关系。研究结果表明，可以提高商学院的拓展机会和学生体验式学习经验，并可以提高商学院的学历和排名，从而提高学生的入学率。总的来说，主要的受益者将是商学院的直接和更大的社区。作者们坚信，多所大学都在适当利用校友关系。