College Bound Brief #78** Oftentimes, the news about parties on college campuses could make a parent cringe, hyperventilate, or simply choose to look away. Yet every once in a while our children surprise us. :) And the latest trend of wellness daytime parties (“darties”) on college campuses …
Student Health
If Your Child (Or You!) is Feeling Unsure about the Future, Read This
College Bound Brief #62** In today’s world, students heading to college and graduates entering the workforce are feeling a lot. And much of it isn’t especially optimistic. But as Jodi Kantor, author of the forthcoming book How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work, writes in a recent opinion …
What College Students Actually Think
College Bound Brief #56** A recent report from two top-tier educational research and polling organizations, Lumina Foundation and Gallup, shares how college students really feel compared to what the public often assumes they feel. The headlines can sometimes paint a bleak picture. The data tells …
College Bound Brief: A brief interruption—for an important perspective
College Bound Brief #55** We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled College Bound Brief—typically focused on current events in higher education—to share two timely pieces that speak directly to the stress surrounding college admissions and that offer important perspective to us, as …