Career Planning Workshop for Parents of College Students:

Today’s Job Market for College Graduates

Join Career Treking to learn where the jobs are for college grads and how you can help.

At this seminar you will learn tips on the financial aid process, which colleges have the most scholarship money to distribute, and how to maximize your free scholarship money. To register please contact Karen Grunow kgrunow@ahpnet.com or 978.261.1417.

Resolutions Worth Keeping Helping your own child with their college process can be a rewarding, bonding experience – but boundaries have to be drawn. Here’s where I have resolved to draw the lines and I embark upon this process with my own daughter.

The Real Price of College: Looking Beyond the Sticker

Over the last decade the averge tuition and fees after adjusting for inflation) at public four-year colleges rose 72% and increased 35% increase at private four-year colleges. But after subtracting estimated average grant aid and federal tax credits and deductions received by full-time students, the average net tuition and fees students are paying are lower in 2010 dollars than they were a decade ago.

30 Ways to Rate a College

We’ve always been a bit suspicious of the usefulness of college rankings, believing that it is up to the individual to decide, based on their own criteria, which schools top their lists of “Best Colleges”. This powerful graphic by the Chronical of Higher Ed show that the college rankers themselves (Forbes, U.S. News, etc.) have also “personalized” their college lists by selecting their own criteria on which they rank colleges. Interestingly, there is very ... more >>

Students, Welcome to College; Parents, Go Home

A friend called me a few weeks ago to report that she had just finished buying all the pieces she needed for a layette. “For whom?” I inquired, anxiously, knowing that her youngest child was 12. “For Ben, of course” was the reply. I couldn’t help but laugh – Ben is 18 years old and headed off to college this week. In just the way she had prepared for his arrival into ... more >>

10 Tips About College Major

When we get to the question on the Common Application that asks students what their intended course of study is, more often than not they look at me blankly, with no idea how to answer. And that is probably exactly how it should be. With so many fields of study from which to choose, many of which they’ve had no exposure to, how can a typical 18 year old really know what they want ... more >>

Empty Nest 101

Maybe its the helicopter parent phenomenon, or maybe its that parents are more savvy consumers. Or perhaps it’s because the price tag on a college education is soaring and parents want to know what their child is getting for their tuition dollars. But whatever the reason, college orientation programs designed for the parents of incoming freshman are gaining in popularity.

New Policies Accomodate Transgender Students

Colleges are working to figure out how to best accomodate their transgendered students. While there seem to be no easy solutions, some colleges are instituting gender-neutral dormitories.