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• 5 Main Causes of Stress For College Students

  When we think of college life, we think of the greatest years of our lives. However, we tend to ignore that it is also the time of stressful experiences and a wide range of mental health challenges. Given multiple sources of distress, some people will feel overwhelmed by all of them at some point.  When you mix academics, culture ...

• “My Young Adult is F.I.N.E.”

  How we can ask more specific questions to ensure that our young adults aren’t struggling in silence and be honest about what they’re experiencing in higher education. When asking “How are you?” to your young adult, have you ever wondered if there’s something more behind the curtains of their “I’m fine” answer?  I wish I could take credit for ...

• Does Music Help You Study? Here’s What Science Says

  Studying can be a bit challenging at times and can also be boring. But you have to stay motivated in order to be able to accomplish something. For students and people who just want to learn something new, music can be very helpful. This has recently been backed by science. So, instead of just pushing or forcing yourself to ...

• College Safety Statistics: Dormitory Robberies and Burglaries, 2010-2012

    "Burglars Burgle Elsewhere" by hobvias sudoneighm, cc license As part of our series investigating safety statistics for college campuses, College Parents of America presents our newest offering: incident rates of robberies and burglaries in student housing.  Robberies and burglaries are fairly common occurrences in residence halls. Such a statement is corroborated by the Department of Education's collection ...

• Utilizing Health Centers On Campus – A Vital Component Of Student Health

  Student health centers are critical to student success. This is true on many levels. In recent years, we’ve seen data points like these:

• 5 Questions Every Parent, Student Should Ask About Campus Safety

  College families and their students are wise to consider some practical questions about campus safety.

• COLLEGE TODAY: THE BEST – AND WORST – OF TIMES

  To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is the best of times and it is the worst of times for American higher education.A college education is more widely available than at any time in our nation's history, with well more than two-thirds of high school graduates attending college in the year following high school, and more than ...

• National Survey of College Parents

  We are pleased to share the results of the 2016 biennial survey of college parents. The findings of this report are consistent with our prior the two prior research studies and confirms that “college families are an important source of support for increasing student success and college completion.” The 2016 survey of more ...