[7] In 1894, Princeton University started producing the Alumni Princetonian in the Saturday edition of the student newspaper.
"[6] Over the years, the role of these magazines has evolved from serving solely as house organs of college and university administrations to independent journalistic voices that report about campus life, even if the stories may negatively portray the university that sponsors the publication.
"[10] Almost two decades earlier, Mark Singer, the former associate editor of the Yale Alumni Magazine also had strong views about the importance of maintaining an independent campus voice: "An alumni magazine should be a vehicle for continuing education; the publication that functions as a house organ is bound to estrange its audience from the intellectual life of the institution.
"[11] In April 1998, about 175 college and university alumni editors asked the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) to endorse a statement affirming the right of editorial freedom in their publications.
The statement updated an earlier version on professional standards endorsed by the American Alumni Council, the predecessor of CASE.
The proposed standards "balances good and bad news" and gives a "complete picture of the institution.
[14] In 2013, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) published a study on some alumni magazine readers.