College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family, a new book by Steven Roy Goodman, a top educational consultant, and Andrea Leiman, a noted psychologist, makes the point that getting into college with a minimum of family fuss is hard - unless you know how to manage the tensions that surface along the way. How did you manage - or how are you managing currently - your family’s college admissions experience? Was it - or is it - an ordeal, or was it - or is it - an opportunity to bond as a family? Please share your family’s college admissions experience by leaving a comment below. And please order Steve and Andrea’s book for just $13.46 at www.capital-books.com.

Inspired by what we’ve learned about your concern for the health and safety of your children, and driven to do something about those concerns in a forum that is student-centric and respectful of the traditions and laws related to student life and student health, we have taken steps to create a 501(c)(3) organization that will address those concerns in a meaningful way.

The Center for Student Health and Life (CSHAL) will be, first and foremost, supportive of students and driven to address student concerns. Yet, because of CSHAL’s birth within the hallways of College Parents of America, it will also be grounded in the parallel reality of the importance of school and parent support for the health and wellness of the student.

Please Share Your Views on the Formation of CSHAL by leaving a comment below and tell us your thoughts as to what issues this new group – dedicated to improving the health and wellness of students during their college years and beyond – should address.

In a story that broke on the US News & World Report Web site over the weekend, and in the print version of the magazine on the street today, reporter Kim Clarke takes a close look at campus health insurance as one of the many hidden costs of college.  The article is available online.

Please share your thoughts on campus health centers by writing your own personal (and it can be anonymous) comment below.