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Helping Your College Student Prepare To Study Abroad

August 11, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Now that your student has decided to study abroad and has chosen an appropriate program, the real preparation begins. There is much to do to get ready for this new and exciting experience. As the college parent, your role will be largely supportive, but your...

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How College Parents Can Help Their College Student Avoid Sophomore Slump

July 28, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Once our college students complete that tumultuous first year of college, they face their sophomore year and the changes that it brings. As college parents, we can help our sophomore students by realizing that, for many students, the concept of sophomore slump really...

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College Parents Can Help Freshmen Overcome First Semester Challenges

July 19, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As your college student heads off for freshman year, you know that there will be challenges ahead – both for him and for you. This is a year of transition for everyone. The challenges facing your student will exist in many areas, and you may feel that you will...

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Five More Conversations Starters For Parents and Students Before the First Year of College

June 25, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
In another article, we suggested five conversations parents and students should have before the student begins college. Here are five more questions to consider.

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Connecting With Your College Student By Phone – Changing Conversations

June 22, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
All phone conversations with your college student will be different. Sometimes he will have lots to tell you or ask you, and other times you will both be searching for things to say to each other. However the phone conversations go, they are important times for...

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Helping Your College Student Find Support On Campus

June 22, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As a college parent, you want to support your college student in any way that you can. You talk on the phone (but hopefully not too often), you send mail (students love to find something in their mailbox), you send care packages, you listen when she shares joys or...

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Connecting With Your College Student By Phone – Maximizing Opportunities

June 19, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
You’ve made the phone conversations with your student routine. You’re ready to listen, and you’re prepared to listen to her college adventures and share something about life at home. But sometimes the conversation just doesn’t flow. How can you encourage...

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Connecting With Your College Student By Phone – Getting Started

June 17, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Regular phone conversations with your college student are a great way to stay in touch with what is happening in your student’s life – and for her to stay in touch with life at home. Even if you keep up with each other via e-mail, Facebook, or some other electronic medium,...

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Twelve Things To Do To Help You Listen To Your College Student

June 15, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Communication between parents and teenagers is often difficult. As parents of college students we have lived through most of those difficult years. Now that your student is headed off to college and you may not have the same kind of daily contact with her, you...

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What FERPA Means for You and Your College Student

June 9, 2009 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (sometimes referred to as the Buckley Amendment) was designed to protect the privacy of educational records and to establish the rights of students to inspect and review their educational records. It also provided...

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