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Senior Student Using Your 529 Videos

Breaking Down Your 529 Options

Choosing an investment strategy to save for college can be as easy as you want it to be. California's official college savings plan is called ScholarShare 529, and it gives…

ScholarShare 529October 27, 2022

Academic Success Parenting Student Life

Trust Me, I’m a College!

In my role of helping students succeed in college, I usually interact with parents in three different scenarios: during new student orientation, Family Weekend, and when parents are really upset.…

David Q. Hao, MA, JDOctober 16, 2022

Academic Success Junior Student Senior Student

This generation of college students has more significant distractions with their smartphones and social media interactions. As parents, you may have noticed that the technological gadgets hook individuals for long…

Oscar Espinoza-Parra, Ph.D.July 10, 2022

Affording College Using Your 529

Celebrating the Many Rewards of Saving with a 529 Plan

By way of background, when our now recent grad was born, his father and I were still repaying a significant amount of student loan debt that we had accumulated to…

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.May 31, 2022

Academic Success

3 Tips to Give Your Student During Finals Week

The stress of needing to perform compounds with the truncated sequence of multiple exams. Yet when I speak with students experiencing stress as an academic coach, they often see stress…

Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.May 8, 2022

Parenting

Celebrating Moms of Soon-to-Be Grads

Here’s some advice for these amazing moms of soon-to-be high school grads: Embrace the mixture of emotions. While you may have been expecting a profound sense of accomplishment and relief…

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.April 29, 2022

Academic Success

One Thing I Wish I’d Done Each Semester

One of the reasons my career in higher education veered toward Student Success is the opportunity I see in the research on college student success, and in my experience coaching…

Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.February 23, 2022

Covid

College Students More Concerned About COVID-19 Than Ever, New Survey by TimelyMD Finds

College students are growing even more concerned about their physical and mental health as the spring semester begins and the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to extend into a third year. More…

TimelyMDJanuary 24, 2022

Academic Success Parenting

Academic Slumps Happen: How to Help Your Student

Soon enough, your student may know what it’s like to feel motivated by their vision for a future career, and then somehow to feel unmotivated in classes, despite working hard…

Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.January 22, 2022

Parenting Senior Student

Embarking on a New Year as College Nears

Here are some steps you can take to make the most out of this special point in time: 1. Examine, embrace and celebrate where you are There’s no doubt that…

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.January 10, 2022

Young man with headphones on watching something on his laptop.

Academic Success Covid

How to Succeed in the Online Learning Environment

Faculty have refined pedagogical best practices for online teaching and learning. Staff and administrators have expanded in-person student services and activities to the virtual space, offering an array of online…

Danny Ambrose, Ed.D.January 8, 2022

Academic Success Junior Student Senior Student

Inside California Education: Helping You Stay Informed

Inside California Education is an award-winning public TV series helping Californians understand education issues and learn about programs that are making a difference. Stories highlight academic and workforce development programs…

ScholarShare 529October 21, 2021

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