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  • SURVEY OF PROSPECTIVE COLLEGE PARENTS SHOWS STRONG PARENT-STUDENT CONNECTION
    June 18, 2007 - College Parents of America
    A new national survey of future college parents, answered by more than 500 of you, shows that the parent-student partnership in college search and selection has become a fundamental piece of this grueling, annual ritual. The survey also reveals a very high expectation by...
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  • NATIONAL PARENT SURVEY REVEALS HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION
    June 5, 2007 - College Parents of America
    Our first-ever broad survey of current college parents revealed that you are in consistent contact with your children and that you utilize, to a very high degree, the programs that college and universities have created in recent years to facilitate parental involvement. The...
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  • Building Bridges Between Schools and College Parents
    May 29, 2007 - College Parents of America
    Not too long ago, the role of college parents at the start of a school year was akin to employees at a moving company: fill up station wagon, drive to appointed destination, unload items and leave town. Now, thanks to a growing recognition by colleges and universities of...
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  • ADDRESSING AMERICA'S PERFECT STORM
    May 15, 2007 - College Parents of America
    A Q1 2007 report from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) paints a chilling portrait of America's challenges over the coming decades.Titled America's Perfect Storm, the report identifies three interacting forces that threaten the nation's prosperity and cohesion. These...
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  • Future College Parents Expect to be Involved
    May 2, 2007 - College Parents of America
    Future college parents expect to be more involved than their current college parent counterparts in the key college concerns of their children, according to a comparison of the results of two just-completed online surveys conducted by College Parents of America. Elsewhere...
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  • Health Care's Financial Toll on Parents
    April 19, 2007 - College Parents of America
    Many college students find themselves spending time in the university student health center. Fortunately, many universities have a health center strategically located on campus. What may not be so fortunate for the student will be the level of care offered, as consistency...
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  • PURSUING A PASSION BEATS CHECKING ANOTHER BOX
    April 7, 2007 - College Parents of America
    Parents often ask me about the importance of extracurricular activities when it comes to supporting a college, graduate school or job application for their son or daughter. Here's how I answer that question. First, I make clear that four other components of the application...
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  • FINANCES TOP SURVEY LIST OF CURRENT COLLEGE PARENT CONCERNS
    March 30, 2007 - College Parents of America
    College students' finances are of "extreme" or "great concern" to nearly half of the 1,727 respondents to the Second Annual National Survey on the Current College Parent Experience, which was conducted online from February 23 through March 5, 2007. Approximately one-half of...
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  • Four Easy Steps To Application Sanity
    March 28, 2007 - College Parents of America
    One peek in your son's room confirms that he's in the midst of the college application process. His floor is littered with school viewbooks, post-it notes obscure his computer screen, and his test score summary has gone AWOL. One thing is certain: if colleges are looking...
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  • Initial Returns on the SAT Writing Section
    March 22, 2007 - College Parents of America
    The standardized testing landscape changed considerably in March 2005 when the College Board debuted a revised SAT that included a writing section. With this testing earthquake now almost two years in the past, and the first group of test-takers nearly completing their...
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