Letting College Students Rest During Holiday Breaks

3 weeks ago
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In the past, I’ve offered college students ideas for filling their holiday breaks with internship and other career-oriented activities. On…

Connecting With Faculty

1 month ago

Faculty are the single most important group offering learning experiences for students at colleges. Working effectively with them should be…

Yes, Send Them CARE Packages

3 months ago

There is little that warms the hearts of college students more than receiving a CARE package from home. These bundles…

Engage With Other Parents During Orientation

5 months ago

As your student makes their final preparations for college and new student orientation, don’t think for a minute that your…

Budgeting With Your College Student

6 months ago

When students go off to college, we worry about many things. These include: how will they do academically? Will they…

Using the Family Vacation for College Visits

7 months ago

Family vacations can serve a dual purpose if you have a student thinking about college. Combining your family vacation with…

Shorten Their Time to Degree With Summer School

8 months ago

This is the second in my “making the most of summer” series. We often look at summer school as a…

Make Summer Break Worth It

9 months ago

A year or so ago, I talked about how high school students could make the most of their summer break.…

Connecting Majors to Careers

10 months ago

Many parents think of the majors our students pursue and assume they transfer directly into careers. But that isn’t the…

Your Financial Aid Plan B

11 months ago

Are you wondering why your student hasn’t received their financial aid package yet? Actually, if you’re involved in this process,…