How Colleges Work

Letting College Students Rest During Holiday Breaks

In the past, I’ve offered college students ideas for filling their holiday breaks with internship and other career-oriented activities. On…

1 year ago

Connecting With Faculty

Faculty are the single most important group offering learning experiences for students at colleges. Working effectively with them should be…

1 year ago

Engage With Other Parents During Orientation

As your student makes their final preparations for college and new student orientation, don’t think for a minute that your…

2 years ago

Budgeting With Your College Student

When students go off to college, we worry about many things. These include: how will they do academically? Will they…

2 years ago

Using the Family Vacation for College Visits

Family vacations can serve a dual purpose if you have a student thinking about college. Combining your family vacation with…

2 years ago

Shorten Their Time to Degree With Summer School

This is the second in my “making the most of summer” series. We often look at summer school as a…

2 years ago

Make Summer Break Worth It

A year or so ago, I talked about how high school students could make the most of their summer break.…

2 years ago

Connecting Majors to Careers

Many parents think of the majors our students pursue and assume they transfer directly into careers. But that isn’t the…

2 years ago

Your Financial Aid Plan B

Are you wondering why your student hasn’t received their financial aid package yet? Actually, if you’re involved in this process,…

2 years ago

What Does The Career Center Really Do?

For years, I’ve encouraged students to visit the career center of their college or university as soon as they arrive…

2 years ago