Campus Security Checklist
While it's natural to worry about your student's safety when she is away at school, you can help her be prepared and knowledgeable by downloading the College Parents of America Campus Security Checklist and reviewing campus resources available to your student.
Gallup and Purdue Study Data Reveals Wise, In-College Steps for Post-College Well-Being
"Happy Graduation!" by Gates Foundation, cc license Data that can be extremely useful for students looking to choose a school has become abundant. College rankings of all sorts and sizes are posted on every corner of the internet, while reports like Payscale’s College Return on Investment demonstrate the difference between economic returns on college choice and major choice. Yet, while quality data has thankfully alleviated some of the difficulties of pre-college choice optimization, there remains a considerable data gap in helping students seeking to optimize their in-college years for post-college quality of life. Today, however, a new report has provided a framework that may eventually bridge that data gap.
Why CPA Includes Tuition Refund Insurance with its Memberships
Tuition Insurance -- What it Does, Why it Helps, & Why You Need It from College Parents of America Tuition refund insurance is not a widely discussed product. However, in talking to parents, we've discerned that it helps put to put parents' minds--and finances--at ease.
Study Abroad and International Students: IIE 2013 Data
study abroad pic by flickr user thompsonrivers Every year, the Institute of International Education releases data it compiles about U.S. students studying abroad and international students studying in the United States. The new dataset came out earlier this week. As always, these numbers are interesting. You can read various versions of the report here, but we’ve compiled a few of our favorite statistics below.
