How Colleges Work

How Federal Student Loans Work

The federal student loan system in the United States is designed to help students finance their college education, making it…

2 weeks ago

Students Need Challenge and Support

Parents of new college students often worry that their students will receive the support they need to succeed in college.…

2 months ago

Letting College Students Rest During Holiday Breaks

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

3 months ago

Connecting With Faculty

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

4 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…

7 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…

8 months ago

Using the Family Vacation for College Visits

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

9 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…

10 months ago

Make Summer Break Worth It

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

11 months ago

Connecting Majors to Careers

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

12 months ago