Parent Resources
Campus Resources for Parents
- Parent Services through New Student Programs
- Parent Advisory Council through the College of Charleston
- Parents through the Career Center
- Parents as Coaches: How to Help Your Students Be Successful (PDF). This is the Academic Advising and Planning Center's presentation for parents during New Student Orientation.
Adjustments and Transitions
- Unprepared: Rob Lowe on sending his son off to college (Rob Lowe, May 2014)
- What Parents Need to Know (Grown and Flown: Parenting Never Ends)
- Self-Efficacy: Helping Children Believe They Can Succeed (Communique, newspaper of National Association of School Psychologists, 2010)
- Off to College: A Guide for Parents (Roger H. Martin, Chicago Guides to Academic Life, August 2015)
- The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only: A Parent's Guide to the New College Experience (Harlan Cohen, 2nd Edition)
- Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years (Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, 5th Edition)
Helping Your Undecided Student
- Your College Major May Not Be As Important As You Think (Zac Bissonnette, The Choice, November 3, 2010)
- Help Your Student Select a College Major (Cassandra Latimer, College and Financial Aid Guide Midwest Edition, 2008)
- More Than a Major (Inside Higher Ed, April 2013)
- O*NET OnLine – Career Exploration and job analysis
College Success
- Executive Function: How to Help College Kids Who Struggle (Grown and Flown: Parenting Never Ends)
- 9 Keys to College Success: What the Research Shows (Grown and Flown: Parenting Never Ends. July 2016)
- Flummoxed by Failure—or Focused? (Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2012)
- Learning Disabilities: How to Succeed in College from Day One (Grown and Flown: Parenting Never Ends, February 2016)
Resources to Share with Your Student
- The College Major: What It Is and How to Choose One
- Guide to Choosing College Majors (The Princeton Review)
- The Student’s Guide to Choosing a Major (BestColleges.com)