Facebook, Colleges and Alumni

There are times you see things that make you go hmmm and this was definitely one of them for me. I was reading an article in the NY Times about College Alumni Magazines and their competition with Facebook. Essentially, it comes down to the fact that colleges are losing their alumni magazine eyeballs to Facebook because people keep in touch through Facebook. Well I think this is a great opportunity for Facebook and Colleges. Why doesn’t Facebook and Universities work to create official alumni/school pages on Facebook.  There are currently college networks on Facebook, but if the colleges were to create official pages they may actually get traction with alumni and vice versa Facebook gets a strong following into the future. It becomes another way for alumni offices to keep in touch with alumni. Just an idea.

College Alumni Magazines Struggle to Compete With Facebook