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Tutoring Can Help Your College Student Succeed: Twelve Reasons to Start Early

November 20, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
College parenting means being concerned about many things when your student heads off to school. Naturally, one of the major areas of focus is your student’s academic success. You want your student to learn. You want your student to get good grades. You...

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Parenting Your College Student Through the Transfer Process – Making It Happen

November 20, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Once your college student has made a decision to transfer to another college, there are some important tasks to be done. Gather lots of information about potential colleges and/or programs.

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Parenting Your College Student Through the Transfer Process – How to Help Your Student Decide

November 11, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Roughly 2.5 million college students every year transfer to a different school. Statistics from the United States Department of Education suggest that close to 60% of college students will attend more than one school before they graduate. While many students...

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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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