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  • The Path To Graduation: What’s Your Student’s Timeline?
    November 11, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    Your student has graduated from high school and is headed off to college, and you are picturing that next commencement ceremony in another four years.  Or perhaps your student has been in college for a year or two and you see that commencement just around the corner....
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  • Talk to Your Student About Preventing Theft in College
    November 11, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    Most college students head off to college with lots of “stuff”.  Students need to furnish their rooms, take the items that they need for daily living, take study aids, clothing, recreational items, and sentimental items that may remind them of home, family and friends...
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  • New Textbook Information Available to Students
    November 11, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    One of the “hidden” costs of a college education, which parents and students sometimes forget about, or underestimate, when calculating expenses, is the cost of textbooks and course materials.  Students, and their parents, are often taken by surprise at the high...
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  • Helping Your College Student With Sibling Relationships
    November 7, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    As our college student heads off to college, we may be feeling the “empty nest” syndrome, even though there are still other children at home.  The family is different now, with one or more students off to college.  We know that things are different and we work to...
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  • Embracing Your Role As a College Parent
    November 7, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    You may be ready to embrace your role as a coach to your college student.  Good for you.  But you may wonder just how you will do that.  How do you coach from afar?  What do you need to do to coach him on to success? We’d like to offer five coaching...
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  • Benefits of Taking Difficult Courses in College
    November 6, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    As parents, we want the best for our children.  We want them to succeed.  When our children become college students, the definition of success is sometimes more elusive.  We want our students to receive good grades.  We want our students to feel good...
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  • Should My College Student Look for a Job On-Campus or Off-Campus?
    November 6, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
          Having a job while in college is a common experience for many students.  In this article, we look at some of the differences between on-campus and off-campus jobs.
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  • Ten Things To Do If You Need To Call Your Child’s College
    November 6, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    As a college parent you’ve listened to all of the advice and you’re working hard to help your college student gain independence and responsibility.  You encourage her to handle her own problems and talk to the appropriate contact people at the college when she has...
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  • As College Fees Climb, Aid Does Too
    by Tamar Lewin
    October 28, 2010 - Tamar Lewin The New York Times
    The good news in the 2010 “Trends in College Pricing” and “Trends in Student Aid” reports is that fast-rising tuition costs have been accompanied by a huge increase in financial aid, which helped keep down the actual amount students and families pay. Continue Reading this...
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  • Student Health Plan is an Affordable Alternative
    October 21, 2010 - College Parents of America
    At least 1.7 million college students are uninsured for health care, according to a March 2008 study by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO). As a result, it’s natural for these students to turn to plans put in front of them by the schools they attend....
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