It’s important to start the semester off right, whether a student is just starting, or almost completed college. Hitting the ground running and in a productive way can make all the difference in the world. Accentuate the Positive “Accentuate the Positive” was a popular song in the 1940s. The point of the song was to […]
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Writing centers are an incredibly rich source of instruction and support for students. But like many on-campus resources, they are often underutilized. What Are Writing Centers? Writing centers are an academic support department designed to help students succeed academically. Faculty are often known to say “students can’t write.” Whether that’s true or not, writing centers
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Parents of new college students often worry about their student’s grades, specifically, if they might earn bad grades in college. While this is a possibility, there are many things parents focus on other than whether their student is earning bad grades. Having said that, how can parents of college students approach the topic of grades?
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Bad grades happen, sometimes even to really smart students. And while not everyone fails out, many students find themselves asking how to recover from a bad semester in college. What Is a Bad Semester? Parents and students often define bad semesters differently. Some students or parents consider anything less than a 3.5 GPA as a
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It’s no secret that students and parents alike are concerned about starting college during a pandemic. And this is true whether the students are attending from home or moving to campus. Yet students can thrive during a pandemic Things to Consider I wrote earlier about how to choose a college during a pandemic, using online
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For a number of years now, many colleges and universities have been promoting themselves as great for adult learners or working adults. Why? Because their instruction is primarily or exclusively online. Distance learning has been around for over a hundred years with correspondence courses. In fact, some would say it started in the 1700s. But
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One of the pitfalls for first year students in college is their perceptions that college is like high school, or just like “the 13th grade.” This is particularly the case in community colleges, since those institutions are open-access, meaning anyone with a high school diploma can attend. To be sure, this means the range of
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You’re been supporting your student through thick and thin of the semester, then something happens. This something could be an injury,perhaps a crisis in the family, or some other event that takes your student completely away from college. Or, it doesn’t take them away physically, but it severely distracts them from their coursework. This is
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