You're on Your Own
(But I'm Here If You Need Me):
Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
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For College Staff
When traditional-age students come to college, especially those with college-educated parents, they bring with them a family support system. Their parents have been their best advisors throughout the K-12 years. Students as well as their parents are comfortable with that relationship, and we believe colleges and universities can gain more by developing a plan to work with family dynamics than by fighting against them.
Katherine Wartman and Marjorie Savage, Parental Involvement in Higher Education: Understanding the Relationship Among Students, Parents, and the Institution. ASHE Higher Education Report, Vol. 33, No. 6, 2008.
Katherine Wartman and Marjorie Savage, Parental Involvement in Higher Education: Understanding the Relationship Among Students, Parents, and the Institution. ASHE Higher Education Report, Vol. 33, No. 6, 2008.
Web sites for college and university staff
National Survey of College and University Parent Programs, 2009
Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Program Professionals
NASPA Family and Parent Relations Knowledge Community
NODA Parent and Family Network
Visit theUniversity of Minnesota Parent Facebook page.
