As a higher education administrator whose work focuses on creating college student support systems, I’ve experienced the power of parental and familial roles for young adults in college. In my…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
While your student should be enthusiastic, feeding off this contagious vibrancy as they prepare to embark on a new academic year, it may be that this momentum of beginning or…
College is an amazing opportunity to learn, grow, and make life-changing friends and memories. But since many parents of first-generation college students can’t speak from experience about thriving in college,…
Certainly, writing papers, studying for exams and doing assigned homework will occupy a percentage of your student’s week. However, students will spend more time outside the classroom than in the…
College responses to COVID-19 varied for several reasons, including but not limited to resources and expertise available to respond, the ability to quickly pivot to online learning, and commitment and…
The future seems far away, and TikTok is distracting. Even the best advice will usually land better if it comes from a peer instead of a parent. So, I rounded…
Service centers such as the library, advising, campus dining, public safety offices, and student life or campus recreation offices are obvious standard ways colleges support students’ physical, social, and academic…