College Transition

Yes, Send Them CARE Packages

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

2 months ago

Engage With Other Parents During Orientation

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

3 months ago

Budgeting With Your College Student

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

4 months ago

Shorten Their Time to Degree With Summer School

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

7 months ago

Start the Semester Off Right

It’s important to start the semester off right, whether a student is just starting, or almost completed college. Hitting the…

10 months ago

Returning Home From College

Your student is coming home from college. Yay! Many parents talk about students returning home from college, and the challenges…

11 months ago

What Does The Career Center Really Do?

For years, I’ve encouraged students to visit the career center of their college or university as soon as they arrive…

1 year ago

Binge Drinking in College

Many parents worry about their students engaging in binge drinking in college, and they should. Binge drinking is a dangerous…

1 year ago

What Does it Mean to be Pre-Med, or Pre-Anything?

Congrats! Your student is heading to college as a pre-med student. Hooray! But what does it really mean to be…

1 year ago

Financial Literacy and Your College Student

Parents surely worry about their student’s literacy—the ability to read, write and communicate effectively. But fewer of us are confident…

1 year ago