• Article
  • Preparing
  • Research & Advocacy
  • Completing
  • Transitioning
  • Post College
  • Humor
  • Student Success
  • Paying for College
  • Admissions
  • CPA Handbook
  • Insurance Center
    • Life Insurance
    • Renters Insurance
    • Tuition Insurance
  • Student Loans
  • Store
    • Store
    • Academic Superstore
    • Care Packages
College Parents of America
  • Content
    • Articles
    • CPA Handbook
    • Checklists
    • Humor
    • Research
  • Insurance Center
    • Life Insurance
    • Renters Insurance
    • Tuition Insurance
  • Student Loans
  • Store
    • Store
    • Academic Superstore
    • Care Packages

valentine’s day

post-thumb

Valentine’s Day Words & Ideas from the Jed Foundation

 <3 by flickr user danielle scott (cc license)  The Jed Foundation is an incredible organization that works on awareness of mental health issues, promotes emotional health and works to prevent suicide. Their work with college-aged mental health awareness is well documented. With Mtv, they're running wonderful sites like halfofus.com and loveislouder.com. On Valentine's Day, you probably know someone who could use some kind words or would appreciate an expression of your friendship or love. Here are a few Valentine's words and ideas from the Jed Foundation:

You May Also Like

post-thumb

It’s the Skills That Count: Helping Your Kids Acquire the Skills Employers Want

One of the great fears parents have about college education is that after all the time and expense, their son or daughter will have skills that are unmarketable, or he or she will be underemployed after graduation. I'm accustomed to people expecting me to provide them with the response that "employers want well-rounded individuals who love to learn for the sake of learning." I don't buy that response, though, because it creates a vision of the intellectual obesity portrayed weekly on TV shows like "Frasier" by the main character and his brother Niles.
post-thumb

Upcoming changes to the SAT: what are they and when will they be implemented?

 image by flickr user Butz.2013 (cc license) If you’ve followed the news this week, you probably heard that the SAT is a-changing. While these changes won’t hit until 2016, the ‘changes’ that the SAT will undergo is really more of an overhaul. Here’s a brief summary:
post-thumb

Stats from Sallie Mae How America Pays for College 2013

  Sallie Mae's How America Pays for College 2013 came out recently. Like previous years (the report has been published annually since 2008), it shows interesting trends on both the cost of college and how families are responding to dealing with costs. Below, we've compliled a few highlights. Sallie Mae Graphic on Sources of College Payment for 2012-2013 Academic Year
post-thumb

Student Loan Rates Lowered, Including Retroactively to July 1, 2013

 (public domain comic from 1902's A Harvard Alphabet) 

logo collegeparents white

College Parent’s of America’s mission to promote greater student achievement, while giving parents advice on how to best help their college students.

Copyright © 1997-2023 by College Parents of America. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy

Sitemap

  • Content
  • Insurance Center
  • Student Loans
  • Store

About Us

  • How to Develop Good Spending Habits in College