Student Success

Using Their Lifelines: Getting Students to Use Campus Services

Every college or university offers a wide variety of services for students. And a significant number of people who work…

7 years ago

Checking on Degree Progress

By now, your student may have registered for classes for the following term. And I’m sure you may have been…

7 years ago

What Academic Advising Is Supposed To Mean

When I worked at a university in New Jersey we tried to improve our student service experience by developing what…

8 years ago

Parent and Family Weekend: Do You Go?

Ah, fall. The time when colleges and universities invite the parents and family members of their students back to campus…

8 years ago

The Syllabus

We all know about contracts, right? We sign them for car loans, insurance policies, applying for a credit card or…

8 years ago

Why is She Taking So Many Courses That Aren’t in Her Major?

Nine times out of ten, parents, especially those who didn’t have the chance to attend college look at their daughter’s…

8 years ago

The Smooth Referral

One of the most important skills parents of college students need to learn is making what I call the “smooth…

8 years ago

College is Supposed to be Challenging

  You will inevitably receive several difficult phone calls from your student during their first semester. Or, if they are…

8 years ago

Sleeping, Eating and other College Routines

I can’t tell you the number of times students have come onto the office saying “I haven’t slept in two…

8 years ago

First Time for Everything

A significant transition for new students to college is when they have to take care of their problems themselves. This…

8 years ago