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  • Why College Parents Might Be Interested in NSSE
    November 15, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    Are you familiar with NSSE (pronounced “Nessie”)?  As a college parent, you may have looked at some NSSE results when your student was choosing a college.  Or you may have heard from your college student that he has filled out a NSSE survey at his current school....
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  • DOES COLLEGE SAVING DRIVE COLLEGE GOING?
    November 9, 2009 - College Parents of America
    Life is full of chicken and egg questions, so it should come as no surprise that college financing is too.One of those questions hit me head on last week here in Washington, DC, as I participated in a discussion on college savings initiatives hosted by the New America...
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  • Welcoming Your College Student Home for Visits – What To Expect
    November 3, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    As college parents we worry about our student’s transition when she heads off to college.  We know that it will be a big adjustment and that she will be facing challenges and undergoing changes.  Sometimes, however, we forget that there will also be a big...
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  • Coming Up With a Short List
    October 30, 2009 - Diane Cole U.S. News & World Report
    Would you believe ... 29? That's the number of college applications one student in Fairfax County, Va., submitted this year, says Judy Hingle, career connections specialist for the county's public schools and former director of professional development at the National...
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  • Cheering Your College Student on From a Distance
    October 29, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    As parents, we want to support our college student in every way that we can.  We want her to know that we are aware that she is working hard.  We want her to know that we are proud of her.   We want to be present to see the fruits of her efforts, and to...
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  • Helping Your College Student Avoid “How Do I Tell My Parents?” Fears
    October 28, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    Things happen.  As college students work at their increasing independence and responsibility, as they learn that some of the choices that they are making are good choices and others are not, as they strive to find balance, as they struggle to accept consequences for...
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  • Involving Grandparents in the College Experience
    October 20, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    Several research studies tell us that college students who have a strong support system at home do better in college.  As college parents, we work hard to provide that support system.  We may even think about how to involve siblings in our college student’s life....
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  • Why Is My Student In “Developmental Classes”?
    October 18, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    The step from high school to college may actually be better termed a large leap.  Students need to make important changes in their expectations, approaches, habits, attitudes and responsibilities.  For students who are moving away and living at school the...
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  • What Are College Parental Notification Policies?
    October 13, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    As parents, we worry about our children when they head off to college.  No matter how much we trust them, and respect them, and know in our minds that they will be fine, we are concerned about them.  In some cases, we may be especially worried, or we may not...
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  • What to Do If Your College Student is Sick at School
    September 24, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
    As parents, we worry when our children get sick.  We worried when they were infants, we worried when they were young, and we continue to worry about our children when they become adults.  When your child is far away from home, you worry even more.
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