Nov 13, 2020 | Article, Completing
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...
Nov 11, 2020 | Article, Completing
by Alexandra Levit A popular misconception is that networking is just about getting a job. In reality, it’s much more than that. Networking is about establishing relationships that provide you with valuable feedback and allow you to make educated decisions. You...
Nov 9, 2020 | Article, Preparing
The provision of need-based financial aid, at a need-blind school, may be frustrating sometimes in its outcome, but at least it is fairly easy to understand for parents and straightforward to administer for the college or university. Consider this need-blind school...
Nov 6, 2020 | Article, Completing
Since September 2003, with your support, I have been steering College Parents of America’s advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C., supporting legislation and rule-making that reduces the complexity of the education planning process and makes college more...
Nov 5, 2020 | Article, Completing
He is the son of a shipyard worker. He will be a first-generation college student from a hard-working family in an old industrial town. He dreams of becoming a lawyer and, someday, serving in Congress. He is, in short, the American dream. He is out somewhere out there...
Nov 3, 2020 | Article, Preparing
If your teenager is fast approaching the time when he or she will head off to college, and you are lying awake at night with dozens, if not hundreds, of questions, you can take solace in that you are not alone. The harsh reality for you, and millions of people like...
Oct 30, 2020 | Article, Completing
At College Parents of America, one of our goals is to encourage colleges and universities to develop strong programs in support of the current parents at their institutions. Many of you have asked me over the past 14 months what the hallmarks are of such a program....
Oct 28, 2020 | Article, Research & Advocacy
As Boston in July was to the Democrats, and as New York in late August and early September was to the Republicans, Milwaukee in 2004 was to guidance counselors. Attracted to this tidy Midwestern city on the lake by the annual meeting of the National Association for...
Oct 26, 2020 | Article, Completing
With football season in full gear, I thought it would be helpful to give you today’s starting lineup of federal student aid programs. No matter what your budget resources, or where your child is in the process of preparing for, applying to or attending college, these...
Oct 23, 2020 | Article, Completing
When those countless radio ads tout homeownership as the “American dream,” what they fail to mention is that a college education is often the ticket to achieve that dream. Those who work in higher education are well aware that various studies have shown...
