We all know about contracts, right? We sign them for car loans, insurance policies, applying for a credit card or getting reimbursed by our employers. And some contracts go into force even without a signature, such as when you download software (do you really read all those terms and conditions?) For the next four years, […]
Call it a badge of courage, rite of passage or simply a cool thing to have in a wallet. The college ID card is actually more than that. Now way back in the day, the ID card might have your picture on it or not, and the only purpose of having one was to see
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If you’re like most parents of new college students, you’re dreading loading up the car or cars to take your student to school. I get it. You’ve probably seen the size of the room your son is moving into, and wondering how he will put his entire life into ninety square feet. Actually, you probably
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It’s not a surprise that communication with new college students tends to drop off after you drop them off. After all, they’re excited about meeting their new friends and learning about how their college or university works. To be honest, that’s what they should do. On the other hand, parents are often dying for information
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Many parents and students have read or purchased a copy of U. S. News and World Report Issue Best Colleges. That is the biggest selling issues of the magazine every year. In fact, their website received over eighteen million view on the first day of the issue’s release, showing the power that U.S. News has
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Nine times out of ten, parents, especially those who didn’t have the chance to attend college look at their daughter’s first semester schedule and ask: why is she taking so many courses that aren’t in her major? It’s a normal question, After all, if your son wants to study business and in the first semester
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“Truer words were never spoken,” is a line from a very old comic strip entitled “Pogo.” It may seem really crazy to those parents who want their sons and daughters to attend small colleges to get the personal attention they may need or want, to discover that lots and lots of students truly thrive in
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Congratulations! Your son or daughter (or other family member) is now heading to college! I wish you well as you all transition to college. What? You say you’re not the one going to college? Well guess what: when your son or daughter starts going to college in a way, you’re going, too. Except you won’t
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College students sometimes drink alcohol even though they are underage. A shock, I know. And there are lots of ways to address or think about that situation, but the worst way is to say to students “We know you’re going to drink.” We heard the same thing at parent orientation for our daughter: “We know
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There was a phenomenon back in the 1960s of player coaches in the NBA. It doesn’t matter where they were, the idea was that someone on the court with great experience and leadership could make as good as or better decisions than even some very competent coaches on the sidelines. There is certainly mixed data
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