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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...
Career / College / High School
7 Tips for Students with Summer Jobs
It’s about that time: Summer job time, that is. In just a few weeks, high school and college students will be looking for and filling short-term jobs that can help them earn some money before classes start again in the fall. From lifeguard to office assistant,...
College / High School
Helping College Students with Autism Advocate for Themselves
Parents of children with a disability, particularly autism, have a daunting task when it comes time to send them off to college. Every student who goes to college has to navigate a major life transition, but this is even more true for a students with autism. Legally,...Latest Posts
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