Corporate Information:
College Parents of America is incorporated as a tax-paying Virginia non-stock corporation. It operates for the benefit of its members. The organization is not political. Any residual income from membership dues or services is used to extend services or programs supporting current and future college parents.
The organization's history reflects a commitment to serving the needs of current and future college parents. Many individuals and organizations have provided a broad base of experience to help strengthen College Parents of America. The following milestones highlight our commitment to serving college parents and identify initiatives that expanded our ability to serve the needs of our members. We invite you to join us in building an even more vibrant organization.
| Year |
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| 1997 |
- College Parents of America was founded by Doug Laughlin in Arlington, Virginia.
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| 2001 |
- College Parents of America creates “Money Talks,” a booklet underwritten by MasterCard International, Inc. that encourages parents and children of all ages to speak about money management matters.
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| 2003 |
- Jim Boyle becomes the second President. College Parents of America positions itself as “Parent Advocate, Parent Resource.” College Parents of America becomes a founding member of the Coalition for Better Student Loans and the first-ever non-university group member of the Student Aid Alliance.
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| 2004 |
- www.collegeparents.org is launched to serve as a resource for America’s current and future college parents. In the spring, the organization testifies on rising college costs before the Subcommittee on Higher Education of the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition, College Parents of America appears on CNBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and NBC News discussing issues of concern to parents.
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| 2005 |
- American Institute for Foreign Study partners with College Parents of America, opening more oversea studying opportunities for members.
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| 2006 |
- The organization’s database of members and subscribers reaches 111,000, and the organization testifies before the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
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| 2007 |
- College Parents of America testifies again before Congress as part of members’ consideration of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
- College Parents of America releases its first national survey on patterns and content of parent and college student communication.
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| 2008 |
- The Center for Student Health and Life (CSHAL) is established and releases its first survey on the health and safety concerns of college students.
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| 2009 |
- College Parents of America testifies before House and Senate committees of Florida and Massachusetts regarding student health insurance.
- The organization also examines the risks facing college students and their families as it looks to identify new membership benefit needs such as: ID theft protection, tuition refund insurance and medical evacuation.
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| 2010 |
- College Parents of America re-launches its membership program and makes available to its members the first national tuition refund insurance plan available at any time in the academic year to parents of students at public or private, 4-year or 2-year institutions.
- College Parents of America announces new scholarship program where ten $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to deserving students later this year.
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