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September 1, 2005
| National On-Campus Report - September 1, 2005 - Full Issue … |
| Use Your Campus Culture and Mission to Guide Parent Relations The question facing colleges and universities isn’t whether they should engage parents. The question is how. The answer lies in your institution's mission and the population it serves. |
| Avoid Sending Parents Mixed Messages It’s not going to go over well if you treat parents with great care and attention during the admissions process and then cut them off once their student registers for classes. |
| Whats Next in Parent Relations? The director of parent programs at a large research university predicts that five trends will continue to shape parent relations in the next few years. |
| Campuses Create a Variety of Constitution Day Activities In May, when Congress first printed a Federal Register notice about its new Constitution Day teaching requirement, the move likely caught some postsecondary institutions by surprise. But in response, they have developed a wide range of learning activities in which students can participate later this month. |
| Reports Hearing Loss Among Traditional-Age Students; Canadians Overestimate College Costs Too; Long-Distance Student Pairs Can Last, Researcher Says |
| Resources People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions; Minority College Participation Conference; Campus Security Blog; Student Volunteerism Report; Solutions to Community Alcohol Problems; Creating Learning-Centered Community Colleges; Report on First-Generation Students; When the NCAA Comes Calling; On-Campus Interventions for Student Mental Health |
