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For College Parents

Book Review: The Voice of College

by Sean Cook March 4, 2010 Book Reviews

“College is about 3 things: homework, fun, and
sleep…but you can only choose 2.”
So begins the first chapter of The Voice of College, a fun and useful primer on the college experience.
Authors Kipp Van Dyke and Michael Severin met as orientation leaders during their own time as undergraduates, and went on to hold various Student Affairs [...]

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Difference is good, right?!?

by Mickey Fitch March 1, 2010 For College Parents

For a lot of students, coming to a college or university is the first time they’ve encountered difference in their life. It is the first time they are aware they are encountering difference. Perhaps it is their Resident Assistant who identifies as an atheist, or maybe it’s their classmate with a physical disability, or maybe their professor speaks with a “non-American” accent. Regardless of what the difference is, many students struggle through these changing experiences.

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Chickering’s 7 Vectors: Establishing Identity in College

by Sean Cook February 17, 2010 For College Parents

Many students experiment with ongoing experiments in re-creating themselves, so it shouldn’t shock parents when the child they leave behind in August comes back at Thanksgiving with a tattoo, different colored hair, a major change in lifestyle or even surprising pronouncements about religion, politics, sexual orientation, etc. How parents can be supportive, even when they don’t understand.

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