Hoverings: A Blog for College Parents http://www.collegeparents.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:49:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 en Share Your Views on Parental Involvement http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/21/share-your-views-on-parental-involvement/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/21/share-your-views-on-parental-involvement/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:49:19 +0000 jboyle College Campus Life http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/21/share-your-views-on-parental-involvement/ Over the past decade, most colleges and universities have evolved their thinking - and improved their services - toward current and future college parents. They now realize that parents can play an important role in the success of students. For current college parents, what has been your experience in terms of interaction with school officials? For future college parents, what are your expectations? Please share your views on parental involvement by leaving a comment below and suggest how schools could improve their partnership with parents to promote student success. Thank you for participating, and please let other parents know about our blog, Hoverings: A Blog for Current and Future College Parents.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/21/share-your-views-on-parental-involvement/feed/ Share Your Magic-Bullet Solution for Lowering the Cost of College http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/11/share-your-magic-bullet-solution-for-lowering-the-cost-of-college/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/11/share-your-magic-bullet-solution-for-lowering-the-cost-of-college/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:48:36 +0000 jboyle College College Costs Empty Wallet http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/11/share-your-magic-bullet-solution-for-lowering-the-cost-of-college/ Enough beating around the bush.  Show some gumption and Share Your Magic-Bullet Solution for Lowering the Cost of College.  And when you’ve made your comment, forward a link to your friends and family members, so that they can react to your suggestion and make one of their own.  Let’s get this idea party started.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/11/share-your-magic-bullet-solution-for-lowering-the-cost-of-college/feed/ Share Your Views on How Colleges Should Use Their Endowment Dollars http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/03/share-your-views-on-how-colleges-should-use-their-endowment-dollars/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/03/share-your-views-on-how-colleges-should-use-their-endowment-dollars/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:51:11 +0000 jboyle College College Costs http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/03/share-your-views-on-how-colleges-should-use-their-endowment-dollars/ Harvard, Yale, Stanford and other wealthy colleges and universities have pledged to use more of their endowment dollars to support financial aid needs of families in the lower and middle thirds of the income scale for their incoming students. I view this as a positive first step, but also believe that wealthy colleges could do even more, perhaps even going to a free-tuition model. Please share your views on how colleges should use their endowment dollars by leaving a comment below. Thank you for your interest in College Parents of America; please tell a friend about our organization.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/03/03/share-your-views-on-how-colleges-should-use-their-endowment-dollars/feed/ Share Your Family’s College Admissions Experience http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/15/share-your-familys-college-admissions-experience/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/15/share-your-familys-college-admissions-experience/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:04:25 +0000 jboyle College Incoming Freshman Applications & Admissions http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/15/share-your-familys-college-admissions-experience/ 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.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/15/share-your-familys-college-admissions-experience/feed/ Share Your Views on the Formation of CSHAL http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/11/share-your-views-on-the-formation-of-cshal/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/11/share-your-views-on-the-formation-of-cshal/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:00:11 +0000 jboyle College Campus Life Health http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/11/share-your-views-on-the-formation-of-cshal/ 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.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/11/share-your-views-on-the-formation-of-cshal/feed/ Share Your Thoughts on Campus Health Centers http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/04/share-your-thoughts-on-campus-health-centers/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/04/share-your-thoughts-on-campus-health-centers/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:33:06 +0000 jboyle College Campus Life Health http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/04/share-your-thoughts-on-campus-health-centers/ 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.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/02/04/share-your-thoughts-on-campus-health-centers/feed/ Share Your Thoughts on How Colleges Can Cut Costs in Order to Hold Down the Prices They Charge http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/01/07/share-your-thoughts-on-how-colleges-can-cut-costs-in-order-to-hold-down-the-prices-they-charge/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/01/07/share-your-thoughts-on-how-colleges-can-cut-costs-in-order-to-hold-down-the-prices-they-charge/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:42:56 +0000 jboyle College College Costs http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/01/07/share-your-thoughts-on-how-colleges-can-cut-costs-in-order-to-hold-down-the-prices-they-charge/ Harvard’s December 2007 announcement that it intends to provide more financial aid for the middle class has caused many less wealthy colleges to squirm, as they worry that it will impossible for them to “match” Harvard’s largesse. I believe that colleges can address this issue by examining more closely their own cost structures, and by learning to do more with less. Clearly, something must be done to stop the college cost spiral from continuing to go up and eventually out of control. Do you agree? Please Share Your Thoughts on How Colleges Can Cut Costs in Order to Hold Down the Prices They Charge by leaving a comment below. Thank you for your continuing interest in College Parents of America, the nation’s only membership organization for current and future parents. Our mission is to empower you to best support your children on the path to and through college.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2008/01/07/share-your-thoughts-on-how-colleges-can-cut-costs-in-order-to-hold-down-the-prices-they-charge/feed/ Share Your Thoughts on the FAFSA http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/10/share-your-thoughts-on-the-fafsa/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/10/share-your-thoughts-on-the-fafsa/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:22:43 +0000 jboyle College College Costs http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/10/share-your-thoughts-on-the-fafsa/ Love it or hate it, any family hoping to secure federal financial aid for their child must fill out what is known as the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Please share with your fellow parents your war stories regarding the FAFSA. These stories can involve your experience in working with the form itself, or your reaction when you learned how much federal student aid you were eligible for as a family. Go ahead, don’t be shy, it’s anonymous as you only must provide your first name. Leave a comment below and share your thoughts on the FAFSA now. Thank you for your interest in and support of College Parents of America.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/10/share-your-thoughts-on-the-fafsa/feed/ Share Your Views on Tuition Tax Deductibility http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/03/share-your-views-on-tuition-tax-deductibility/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/03/share-your-views-on-tuition-tax-deductibility/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:33:06 +0000 jboyle College College Costs http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/03/share-your-views-on-tuition-tax-deductibility/ Once again, the U.S. Congress is about to let expire one of the few family friendly policies of the federal government when it comes to paying for college. Tuition tax deductibility is utilized by hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and provides at least some relief toward the soaring cost of college. Unless Congress acts, however, tuition tax deductibility will expire as part of a sunset provision that will kick in on New Year’s Eve - Monday, December 31, 2007. Please leave a comment below and share your views on the importance of Tuition Tax Deductibility and please also sign our online petition to keep this deduction in place. Thank you in advance for sharing your views and for helping to keep this deduction in place for you and your fellow taxpayers who are current and future college parents.

]]> http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/12/03/share-your-views-on-tuition-tax-deductibility/feed/ Share Your Views on the Pay of College Presidents http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/11/26/share-your-views-on-the-pay-of-college-presidents/ http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/11/26/share-your-views-on-the-pay-of-college-presidents/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:37:38 +0000 jboyle Uncategorized College http://www.collegeparents.org/blog/2007/11/26/share-your-views-on-the-pay-of-college-presidents/ College presidents are sometimes leading billion-dollar enterprises, with budgets equal to some of America’s largest corporations, so certainly an argument can be made that their pay might be commensurate with private-sector peers who have significant profit and loss responsibility.  College Parents of America James A. Boyle doesn’t believe that college presidents should take a vow of poverty, but neither should they take a vow of silence.  He encourages all college presidents, public and private, to make their salaries and the entire budget of their universities open for all to see.  He believes that since this transparency is expected of corporate America, it should also be expected of higher education in America.  Please leave a comment below and share your views on the pay of college presidents.

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