former students
School's old guard
Former students are people who once attended a school, college, or program but no longer do—whether they graduated, transferred, or dropped out.
The term is neutral and administrative, covering anyone with past enrollment: The university invited former students to the reunion.
Alumni is the more formal term for graduates specifically.
- graduatesDegree recipients
- alumniFormer school members
- reunionGathering after separation
- old boysMale alumni group
- yearbookSchool memory publication
diploma · regional chapters · alumni associations · alma mater · campus visits · benefactors · donors · scholarship fund · alumni network · mentorship programs · valedictorians · class notes · old girls · old school ties · salutatorians · networking events · homecoming · distinguished alumni
educational role
former studentsfaculty
Inherent power or ability
instructors · professors · teachers · educators · mentors