Feb 16, 2021 | Article, Research & Advocacy, Student Health, Student Success
College Parents are often worried about the health of their students. The choices they make about alcohol are particularly concerning. As a result, it is worth sharing this powerful student story from Odyssey Online, a social content platform of millennial and many...
Feb 2, 2021 | Article, Completing, Research & Advocacy
This is an important article from The Atlantic. It highlights the complex issues surrounding how colleges and universities manage mental health issues of students. A key point to recognize is that despite clear rights of students, it is sometimes difficult to clearly...
Dec 25, 2020 | Article, Completing, Preparing, Research & Advocacy
The National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education reports that the cost of higher education has risen dramatically. Between 1987 and 1996, the cost of attending public institutions rose by 132 percent, and the cost for private institutions increased by 99...
Dec 2, 2020 | Article, Preparing, Research & Advocacy
One peek in your son’s room confirms that he’s in the midst of the college application process. His floor is littered with school viewbooks, post-it notes obscure his computer screen, and his test score summary has gone AWOL. One thing is certain: if...
Nov 30, 2020 | Article, Preparing, Research & Advocacy
College students’ finances are of “extreme” or “great concern” to nearly half of the 1,727 respondents to the Second Annual National Survey on the Current College Parent Experience, which was conducted online from February 23 through...
Nov 25, 2020 | Article, Research & Advocacy
About Eating Disorders According to a 2004 online study conducted by Screening for Mental Health, Inc. 59.34% of students screened tested positive for symptoms of an eating disorder. Of those who scored positive, 96% were not in treatment for an eating disorder at the...
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 7, 2020 | Article, Campus Safety, College Preparation, College Tips, Completing, Preparing, Research & Advocacy, Resources
While your child may be eager to visit colleges to check out the dorms, the study and athletic facilities, the food and the social atmosphere, what shouldn’t be overlooked is the level of security provided on campus. Most high school students would not rate this...
Oct 6, 2020 | Article, Cost of College, Financial Literacy, Paying for College, Research & Advocacy
Who wants more tax breaks? Everybody. Who deserves a greater tax break on the cost of college tuition? All current and future college parents and that means you, the members of College Parents of America. One of our greatest priorities in the coming months will be to...
Sep 14, 2020 | Article, Completing, Cost of College, Financial Literacy, Paying for College, Research & Advocacy
Last week, in this column, I wrote about the upcoming “road to reauthorization” for the Higher Education Act, certain provisions of which are already being considered in the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Boehner of Ohio. In...
