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Parenting

Home for a Break: Supporting Your Student

It’s time to start thinking about how you can support your student during a break from classes while also communicating expectations for their time at home. Typically, your student can…

Jason Castles, Ed.D.November 12, 2024

College Admissions Junior Student

Navigating the College Search: Build Your “College Compass”

For many families, the college search is stressful by nature. But what makes it even more challenging is that most begin the process without first understanding their student—the key player…

David Q. Hao, MA, JDSeptember 18, 2024

Student Life

How To Get It All Done!

These activities are beneficial if they don’t replace the core reason for attending college: earning a degree. As your student prepares for college life, having a few tips and tools…

Jason Castles, Ed.D.June 20, 2024

Senior Student Student Life

Dorm Room Shopping: Tips to Enjoy this Rite of Passage

As you embark on this adventure together, keep the following tips in mind to make the most of your experience. 1. Make a detailed list before you shop. Most schools…

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.May 14, 2024

Student Life

What’s Greek Life All About?

Perhaps you're not familiar with Greek Life on a college campus and what it involves. You might wonder if you should encourage or discourage them from learning more about Greek…

Jason Castles, Ed.D.February 26, 2024

Parenting

Discussing Your Child’s First Semester of College Together

Your child’s first months of college may have been challenging, stellar, or somewhere in between. Whether it’s your first child to wrap up an initial phase of college or your…

Patricia A. Roberts, J.D.December 5, 2023

Student Life

The Importance of Belonging

Students’ sense of belonging has also been linked to academic success, persistence, and overall well-being. In fact, students who report a sense of belonging at the end of their first…

Courtney Stevenson, MAApril 2, 2023

Student Life

Part-Time Work in College: Five Tips to Consider

Parents and students alike can vary in their preferences around part-time employment, but these preferences can sometimes be accompanied by a belief that working will be detrimental to a student’s…

Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.April 2, 2023

Senior Student Student Life

5 Reasons Your Student Should Pursue a Peer Leader Role 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…

André Stephens, Ph.D.January 2, 2023

Parenting Senior Student

5 Small Changes to Impact Their Independence

Ages ago when I was a freshman in college, I went to dinner at the Santa Monica Cheesecake Factory with my entire suite to get to know one another. Despite…

Laura Reisert Kalinkewicz, Ph.D.January 2, 2023

Junior Student Senior Student Student Life

3 Steps to Manage Stress

When I meet with students for academic coaching, they often tell me about areas of life where they are attempting to achieve in new environments. Students experience stress because they’re…

Jennifer Tharp, Ph.D.January 2, 2023

Student Life

College as a Holistic Development Process

Mission is about teaching and learning and that happens primarily through relationship. It is embodied in the faculty, staff and students who serve or attend colleges and universities around the…

André Stephens, Ph.D.January 2, 2023

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