Mar 7, 2019 | Article, Checklists, College Preparation, Living Independently, Parenting, Preparing, Transitioning
College is a time where young adults go off into the “real world” and begin to become adults. There are many skills that we assume these young adults have, but they may not know how to apply them in their own environment. These skills may seem obvious to us, but in...
Mar 4, 2019 | Article, College Tips, Cost of College, Insurance, Living Independently, Parenting
The time has finally come for your baby to make the big leap from your nest into the vast world of college. Books, classes, meal plans, and living arrangements can add up quickly along with the fact that your student still must have a dependable means of...
Feb 27, 2019 | Article, Cost of College, Insurance, Living Independently, student loans, Student Success
The Importance of Insurance for Your Student As your baby birds begin to leave the nest, there are always a few things that us college parents are concerned about. Did I teach them enough? Can they really do their own laundry? Do they even know how to make rice? Take...
May 24, 2017 | Article, Cost of College, Financial Literacy, Paying for College
Many times — maybe too many — high school seniors are just so happy to be accepted to their dream school that they don’t give a second thought to the financial implications of their college choice. Then reality sinks in when they start digging into the details...
Feb 15, 2017 | Article, First Weeks of College, Humor, Parenting, Student Success
The sixth comic in the College Parents of America Humor series is now available on Collegeparents.org. This comic, a collaboration between College Parents of America and Hector Curriel, illuminates a distinction between college and high school approaches to academic...
Feb 14, 2017 | Article, Parenting, Research & Advocacy, Student Health
Valentines Day is here again. So there may not be a better time than to discuss sex in college. College sex is a real issue but how do we know what is actually happening? College Parents of America went out to find the truth beyond the headlines. The...
Nov 14, 2016 | Article, Completing, Parenting, Transitioning
Today more than ever, communications between students and parents can often be a simple text message. In fact, our 2016 survey of College Parents indicated that 36% of college parents surveyed communicate daily or multiple times per day with their student. According...
Jun 11, 2015 | Article, College Preparation, Preparing
Updated March 26, 2019 Whether you’re planning a campus visit or arranging your student’s international travel for break, it’s important to keep in mind how the time of year could affect your plans. There are, of course, non-negotiable travel...
Jul 15, 2014 | Article, Research & Advocacy
cc license, flickr photo by Tom Magliery (mag3737) “Down” Over the past year, Moody’s has downgraded around the financial ratings for about three dozen colleges. Given the financial state of higher education, this shouldn’t be...
May 29, 2014 | Article, Completing, Preparing
image on cc license from flickr user Elmira College This week brought two new articles defending the fact that college is worth the investment. In the New York Times, David Leonhardt writes that going to college doesn’t simply that...
