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We talked about how colleges and universities are trying to keep students safe with campus alert systems, but what can the kids do to keep themselves safe?
According to the United States Department of Education, U.S. college campuses average around 3000 forcible sex offenses and over 3000 aggravated assaults each year*. That’s a lot. Campus safety […]
Back in 1991, I was a high school senior preparing to start college at the University of Iowa. I chose the University of Iowa because it is a good school, in-state tuition was appealing and it was close to home which made me feel safe being so close to my family. Then in November 1991 […]
Have you ever had the pleasure of sitting in a classroom with 40 teenagers? It’s quite an experience.
My husband is a student at a local community college. Most of the students in his night classes are other thirty- and forty-year-olds. They are usually pretty quiet. They all understand the importance of being respectful to their […]
Oh that fateful day is getting closer! You know, the first day of school. Parents can’t wait for it to arrive and kids either love it or hate it. At any rate, I have found some of the best back to school advice around - whether your child is entering Middle School, High School or […]
If you have a child going off to college this fall or sometime in the upcoming years, you (and your child) need to read the latest book by Harlan Cohen called The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College.
When I went away to college and left my predictable suburban lifestyle, […]
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