Aug 8, 2017 | Article, Completing, Financial Literacy, Research & Advocacy, Student Success
Over the past twenty-years, much of the work of College Parents of America has been focused on highlighting research and promoting actionable insights for families to support their college student through to graduation. As a result, it is noteworthy to see Allianz...
May 20, 2017 | Article, Humor
The twelfth comic in the College Parents of America Humor series is now available on Collegeparents.org. This comic, made in a collaborative act between College Parents of America and Hector Curriel, is not truly part of the humor series, but instead extends our...
May 12, 2017 | Parenting, Post College, Research & Advocacy
College graduation season brings families together and provides many opportunities for parents and their children to discuss their goals and life stories. A goal of nearly all families is to help our children become self-reliant and independent. Completing a higher...
Aug 29, 2014 | Article, Completing, Post College
“15” by flickr user Theen Moy (cc license) What’s your student’s magic number for graduation? Hint: it’s probably not the same as “full-time” status. In Major League Baseball, commentators often refer to a team’s magic...
May 27, 2014 | Article, Completing, Post College
You have (or, your student has) just finished a college degree. Congrats! It’s a huge accomplishment. And, perhaps best of all, no more assigned homework. However, just because no one is assigning more reading to be done at home doesn’t mean you...
Feb 13, 2014 | Article, Completing, Post College, Research & Advocacy
This week, Pew Research Center released their 2013 compiled data on those who did not attend college and those who graduated college in order to compare earnings, poverty, unemployment, job satisfaction and other measures. Unsurprisingly, college graduates fared far...
Dec 3, 2013 | Article, Completing, Post College, Research & Advocacy
For families seeking to maximize their investment in college, it is wise to compare completion and retention rates for potential schools. Two recent U.S. News and World Report posts reflect upon important aspects of student progress toward completion: freshman...
Mar 30, 2011 | Article, Completing, Post College, Research & Advocacy
Last week, we posted College without Completion — Post #1, which discussed National Center for Educational Statistics’s published statistics on cohort graduation rates. We continue the College without Completion thread with this post. (image by flickr user...
Mar 23, 2011 | Article, Completing, Post College, Research & Advocacy
2 in 5 students who attend college fail to get a degree from the college at which they began within 6 years.(pic from flickr user smemon87)This scary statistic is based on data from the U.S. Government’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). According...
