Sarah Schupp

For parents with children in college, or nearing college age, this video from NBC’s Today Show is worth watching.

Investing in collegiate housing is not for everyone, but if the angle interests you, don’t forget to purchase an accompanying personal liability insurance for injuries that may occur on-site.

For the full article, please go to:
http://tonygallegos.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/investing-in-your-college-students-housing/

This year, 1.4 million graduates are tossing their mortarboard caps into the sky and receiving bachelor’s degrees. Almost immediately, many will face another rite of passage: getting dropped from their parents’ health insurance.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121365626631779015.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

A choice to attend a postsecondary education is one of the most important decisions adolescents make during their high school career. Institutions, activities, experiences, and individuals can all influence students’ college choice. Parents contribute significantly to that decision. Parents can be a positive influence on students’ college choice by providing support for higher academic achievement and postsecondary trajectory.

For the full article, please go to: http://throughcollege.com/blog/the-role-of-parents-in-students%e2%80%99-college-choice.html

A recent study by Helen Janc Malone examined the relationship between parental involvement and students’ plans to attend four-year college.

For the full article please go to:
http://throughcollege.com/blog/parent-involvement-does-make-a-difference-in-students-likelihood-to-apply-to-a-four-year-college.html

Used to be that parents packed up the station wagon, drove their son or daughter to college, unloaded the boxes, made the bed, shed a few tears and headed home. Today, colleges cater to parents with lengthy orientation programs.

Whether this relatively new phenomenon is a response to “helicopter parent” hovering or not, more information and services seem to be exactly what parents are craving.

For the full article please go to:
http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/357834.html

The Age Of The Millenials

They are young adults and have been coddled by their parents to the point of being ill prepared for a demanding workplace. Morley Safer reports on the generation called “Millenials.”

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/08/60minutes/main3475200.shtml

(CNN) — Jen Wang of Short Hills, New Jersey, took her first SAT when she was in sixth grade, long before she would start filling out college applications.

Wake Forest University recently announced it would no longer require the SAT for admissions.

“My family thought it was very important for me to do well on this test, and I basically obtained nearly every SAT study guide out there by the time I was a junior in high school,” she said. “For Christmas one year, I received an electronic device that allowed me to practice the SAT’s ‘on-the-go.’ “

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/30/test.drop/

What is still considered a great high school honor does not carry the weight it once did with colleges, according to a national expert and recently released report. Locally, however, traditional benchmarks of academic excellence like class rank and valedictorian and salutatorian honors remain significant in the admissions process.

http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080604/NEWS/806040320/0/FRONTPAGE

All around the country, parents are taking photos of grinning college graduates holding their hard-earned diplomas. But after “Pomp and Circumstance” is over, students and parents can start worrying: The debt season will begin.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/06/05/out_of_the_hole_of_college_debt/