Stop Texting: Time for Conversation With Your College Student
How and when parents choose to communicate to their college student is important to consider. So why, then, should you bother to call your college student? A phone call can provide some important qualities that texting cannot. Here are a few things to consider when you are tempted to use texting or e-mail as your only means to stay in touch.
Outsourcing Non-Academic Functions
Everybody is talking about the rising cost of college tuition and the resulting student loan debt that America’s college students are accumulating. Parents and students are wringing their hands and complaining loudly, while many politicians are placing blame and passing the buck.
College Students and Spring Break Finances
image by flickr user doug8888 (cc license) Spring break time has arrived for many college students across the country. One question that may need to still be sorted out: who's paying for all that spring break fun?
College Students Speak: a study from National Alliance on Mental Illness
(photo from flickr user marsmet481) One of the most important studies on college students and mental health came out in late 2012 form the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Unlike past studies (like this one from the Gates Foundation and Public Agenda) that focused on the fact that many students leave college to work, NAMI's College Students Speak clearly establishes that a) for those who drop out of college, that mental health plays a big factor in that decision, and b) that certain services are deemed more important to student retention and graduation than others.
