After all of the applications, tours, decisions, packing, unloading, and last-minute (if not outdated) parental advice, your students are on their own...

Whoever your student was when you dropped them off at school, they’ll be practically unrecognizable when you see them next. There may be...

College is a hugely idealized time of life. Before move-in day, my expectations were loosely based on things my...

What are all those buildings on campus, anyway? Where can your student find support and community, and who do YOU call when you...

It’s exciting to move to campus and start college life, but first-year students are usually a bit anxious, too. One of the biggest unknowns: Will I get...

Most college students want to do well, but they don’t always know what is required to do well. Finding and spending quality study time is one of the first and most important skills...

The student-professor relationship is one of the most important to cultivate. Academic advisors are also...

Students may confront an especially difficult course at any point in college. They may have seen it coming, or may be...

In college, probably for the first time, your student will be wholly responsible for taking care of their own physical and emotional well-being...

Though a few will breeze through the college years, many will struggle at some point along the way...

There’s so much to do as you send your kids off to college: planning, buying, packing, and managing emotions. As a father who dropped off four...

With increased awareness of mental health challenges among adolescents, parents are more attuned than ever...

For first-year students, one of the biggest challenges outside the classroom is learning to manage money. They’re now responsible for paying for all sorts...

Starting college is exciting for students and for their families, too. You spent the summer getting ready for the move to campus...

College is so much more than simply completing enough credits to graduate. During their years on campus...

Your student is all moved in, so housing is off your to-do list for a while, right? Wrong! Housing season starts earlier than you might think. If you don’t want your student...