Your college students should return home for Christmas break feeling very relaxed. Yes, exams are over, but there is a relatively new trend on many campuses across the country to reduce anxiety during finals with "stress buster" programs. Parents are more likely to think of it as pampering.     Continue Reading...

Most parents don’t spend much time worrying about the safety of their children on what they believe are, for the most part, idyllic college campuses. And until something happens to someone they know, most students assume nothing can go wrong in their “college bubble.” Students often     Continue Reading...

According to a federal study, as many as 60 percent of students attend more than one college before graduating with a bachelor’s degree. Hopefully, most do it for the right reasons. Here are some common but not great reasons that students want to transfer. Boyfriend/girlfriend issues: Either     Continue Reading...

What happens when you and your teen determine that the college he or she thought would be perfect just isn’t so? Your teen’s unhappy. You’ve tried talking it through; you’ve tried tough love; it just isn’t a good fit, and you student wants to leave. Good reasons to     Continue Reading...

FRESHMEN FEEDBACK They’ve been gone for over three months now. How are they doing? Has the college experience met their expectations? What surprises have they encountered? We all want to know, but sometimes our students are reluctant to share their thoughts. I contacted area freshmen and asked     Continue Reading...