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To Work or Not to Work? That Is the Question for College Students
Conventional wisdom goes something like this: Some work is good for college students, but too much work can make it harder for them to focus on their classes and ultimately graduate. Most colleges and universities stick by the recommendation that 10-20 hours a week...
College
What Students Say about the First Year of College: Part II
In my last blog, I wrote about what students say about the first year of college based on the themes that I have discovered in their written responses over my past four years at a university. These themes–seven in total–have come from careful reading of...
College
What College Students Say about the First Year
Recently, I was invited to present at a conference for academic administrators and was told that I could speak on anything that related to my work with first-year students. I realized that over the past 20 years, I have had a unique opportunity to listen to what...
College / High School
Are You Raising a Resilient Young Adult?
It is the end of another school year and your student’s next academic steps are most likely far from their minds. Instead, they are thinking about sleeping in, starting a summer job, or just enjoying the lack of a schedule for now. I am sure that developing...
College
7 Ways for Your Student to Spend the Summer Break
It feels like we just moved them in only a few weeks ago, right? And now, we have a few weeks before they move all of that stuff back into the room that you may–or may not–have rearranged into a yoga studio. But have you had a conversation yet about what...Latest Posts
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