January 2017 – College Parent Central

College Parent News and Views

March 25, 2017January 30, 2017 by Vicki Nelson

The more that college parents know and understand about the college experience, the less we worry and the better we will be able to help our students to succeed and thrive throughout their college career. However, there is an overwhelming amount of information out there on the web. We’d like to help you find some of the information that might be most interesting and useful to you as a college parent.

In News and Views we share recent college related news and sources we’ve found as we do our research. We hope that this feature will help to introduce you to new ideas and to help you keep up with some of the current issues that may affect your college student — and you.

We invite you to read some of the articles suggested below — and to let us know what you think of some of the ideas included here.

Helping Your Student Manage Expenses in College

January 8, 2020January 23, 2017 by Vicki Nelson

There’s an overwhelming amount information available to parents and students about the cost of college tuition, financial aid packages, and finding scholarships to help make college more affordable. There’s no getting around the fact that college is expensive and that parents and students need to talk about the cost of college and how they plan to make that work.

But beyond the big picture, once your student is in college, the responsibility of managing the day-to-day expenses in college should shift to your student. This might be a gradual process; it doesn’t need to happen all at once, but college is an excellent time to practice financial skills to prepare for the ”real world” after graduation.

Talk to your student

One interesting finding in surveys of student finances may be surprising to many parents: students want to learn more about managing their money — and they want to learn it from their parents.

How Accurate Is Your Picture of College Life?

September 20, 2022January 16, 2017 by Vicki Nelson

You’re sending your student off to college for four (or maybe more) years. You worry because they are going to be on their own, and maybe you struggle (just a little) with your feelings about the empty nest. And you wonder what life will be like for your student at school.

Parents who have experienced college life themselves may think they know a little about what to expect. (But they often forget their experiences happened twenty or more years ago. Things have changed.) Other parents, who may not have attended college themselves, do not have their own experiences to guide their expectations.

So how do we know anything about current college life? For many of us, our source is what we see and hear in the media — news stories, films, TV, and advertising, social media. College students — and college faculty and officials — will quickly tell you that that image is often, very often, less than accurate. One study of first year college students found that 77% of students surveyed felt that the media over-exaggerates the excitement of college.

Help Your Student Make Good Study Habits Stick

January 7, 2020January 9, 2017 by Vicki Nelson

”Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

Jim Ryuh

January. It’s the time of year for resolutions, new habits, and optimism that this year will be better than the last. Thank goodness we all have an opportunity once each year for a reset.

For most students, the New Year not only provides the usual possibilities, it is often the start of a new semester as well. This means a fresh start. Even the best students often have plans to make this new semester even better than the last.

But unfortunately, we all know that most New Year’s resolutions often fall by the wayside a few months, weeks, days, or maybe even hours into the year. We all have trouble making them stick, and students are no different.

An article on Headspace, an online meditation website, discussed ways to make meditation stick for those who were giving it a try. Although we think meditation can be wonderful for students (and their parents,) this article is about how students can use the same principles that the Headspace article discussed to help them make new study habits stick.

New Year’s Resolutions for Parents of High School Seniors and College Students

March 23, 2017January 2, 2017 by Vicki Nelson

As the old year rolls over into the new, it is often a time of looking backward and looking forward. For many parents of high school seniors and college students, the focus may be more forward than backward. It’s an exciting — and sometimes anxious time.

A few years ago, we offered some suggestions to keep in mind as you formulate your resolutions for the New Year. We’d like to share them again here and then help you get started by offering five resolutions for high school senior parents and five resolutions for those of you who are college parents.

We’re sure you’ll add a few of your own, but we hope these may help to spur your imagination.

College Parent News and Views

Helping Your Student Manage Expenses in College

How Accurate Is Your Picture of College Life?

Help Your Student Make Good Study Habits Stick

New Year’s Resolutions for Parents of High School Seniors and College Students

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