Off to college : a guide for parents / Roger H. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Roger H., 1943- author.

Series:

Chicago guides to academic life.

Chicago Guides to Academic Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College freshmen--United States.

College freshmen.

College student orientation--United States.

College student orientation.

Parents of college students--United States.

Parents of college students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, [Illinois] ; London, [England] : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For many parents, sending their child off to college can be a disconcerting leap. After years spent helping with homework, attending parent-teacher conferences, and catching up after school, college life represents a world of unknowns. What really happens during that transitional first year of college? And what can parents do to strike the right balance between providing support and fostering independence? With Off to College, Roger H. Martin helps parents understand this important period of transition by providing the perfect tour of the first year on today’s campus. Martin, a twenty-year college president and former Harvard dean, spent a year visiting five very different colleges and universities across the United States—public and private, large and small, elite and non-elite—to get an insider’s view of modern college life. He observes an advising session as a student sorts out her schedule, unravels the mysteries of roommate assignments with a residence life director, and patrols campus with a safety officer on a rowdy Saturday night. He gets pointers in freshman English and tips on athletics and physical fitness from coaches. He talks with financial aid officers and health service providers. And he listens to the voices of the first–year students themselves. Martin packs Off to College with the insights and advice he gained and bolsters them with data from a wide variety of sources to deliver a unique and personal view of the current student experience. The first year is not just the beginning of a student’s college education but also the first big step in becoming an adult. Off to College will help parents understand what to expect whether they’re new to the college experience or reconciling modern campus life with memories of their own college days.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Making the Transition""; ""What Happens When Your Child Arrives for Orientation?""; ""What Happens after You Have Driven Off into the Sunset, Leaving Your Child Behind?""; ""Some Orientation Safety Concerns Parents Probably Don't Want to Know About""; ""What Are Your Kids Talking about After You Have Gone?""; ""2. Orientation""; ""Orientation, Day 1: The Curriculum (including the Use of Advanced Placement Credits), Time Management, and Eating Well""; ""Orientation, Day 2: Plagiarism, Campus Jobs, and Date Rape""; ""3. Teaching and Advising""

""Why Is Advising So Important?""""First- Year Class, Part One: Classroom Policy, Grades and Grade Inflation, Strategies around Teaching First-Year Students, More on Plagiarism, and Time Management""; ""What's a Typical Advising Session Like?""; ""What's the Rationale behind the First- Year Curriculum and What Are Its Challenges?""; ""First- Year Class, Part Two: Active Learning, Writing Strategies, and Being Overwhelmed""; ""Why Should You Encourage Your Child to Use the Writing Center?""

""First- Year Class, Part Three: More Writing Strategies, Texting in Class, and the Consequences of Disruptive Behavior""""4. First-Year Finance""; ""What Are Some of the Financial Challenges Parents and Students Will Deal with First Year?""; ""What Does a First-Year Student Say about the Financial Challenges He Is Facing?""; ""Should a First-Year Student Take on a Campus Job?""; ""So, Where Does All Your Hard-Earned Tuition Money Go? A President Talks Candidly about College Cost""; ""5. Living on Campus""; ""How to Deal with Separation Anxiety and Why Parents Need to Chill""

""Everything You Wanted to Know about Residence Hall Life but Were Afraid to Ask: Roommates, Noise, and Coeducational Dorms""""To What Degree Should Your Child Become Involved in Social and Extracurricular Activities?""; ""What about Your Child's Spiritual Life?""; ""What Is Your Child Really Up To?""; ""What Happens If Your Child Gets into Trouble?""; ""What Does Your Child Do on the Weekend?""; ""6. Health and Safety""; ""What Should Your Child Do When He or She Gets Sick?""; ""What Do First-Year Students Say about Health, including Eating, Smoking, Sex, and Depression?""

""What Should Your Child Do When She or He Becomes Homesick or Depressed?""""Is Your Child Safe? The Inside Story on Drinking, Date Rape, and Campus Shooters""; ""What Do First- Year Students Say about Campus Safety?""; ""A Walk around Campus Late on a Busy Weekend Evening with a Campus Safety Officer""; ""7. Athletics and Physical Fitness""; ""What Happens Before and During the First Game?""; ""What Is the Philosophy of College Athletics and What Is Your Role as a Parent?""; ""What If Your Child Isn't an Athlete?""; ""When Your Kid Isn't a Starter""

""What Do First-Year Student Athletes Say about Sports and Academics?""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-226-29577-X

OCLC:

915059394