LIKE the alumni of a cash-strapped college, ethnic South Asians living abroad are constantly being pestered to fork out a bit for the dear old place.

如同囊中羞涩的大学校友一样，旅居海外的南亚裔族群正逐渐地被迫做出一点牺牲，来维护他们热爱的故土。

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"Most universities have online directors of alumni, so I'd go that route if possible," says Jansen. "If not, contacting the alumni office would be Plan B."

詹森说，“大部分大学都有在线的校友联系人，如果可能的话我会走那个路线，如果这行不通，备选方案是联系校友办公室。”

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"The alumni network is like a giant little black book you can access years after you leave," says Jenny Soderlind, alumni communications manager at London Business School.

“校友圈子就像一本绝妙的小黑册子，在你离校多年后都可以使用，”伦敦商学院(London Business School)校友交流管理人詹妮·索德·林德表示。

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But Anne Neal from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni says higher prices do not guarantee a better general education.

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Well, I don't really know a whole lot, but I know, the alumni come back, a lot of them come back,

嗯，我不是完全了解，但是我知道，校友回来，很多校友回来，

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But I'm also proud of my alumni in this course who are not in the world of finance.

同时我也很为那些选修过这课的,却不在金融领域工作的毕业生们自豪

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Each receives updated contact information, invitations to reunion programs and access to the alumni on-line directory.

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