Issues For College And Reaching Graduation
Parent articles on college problems and student failure.
I’ve been consulting for higher education for nearly 15 years, and in that time I’ve heard about many kinds of students and their situations. Statistically speaking, it’s less likely I hear about someone’s daughter failing in college. While there are some reasons for this, it doesn’t change the impact of the problems that they have …
A recent Heartland Monitor survey, reported on in the Atlantic, asked Americans what they felt were the most important qualities needed to succeed in the modern workplace. The article’s title suggested that many respondents felt that college was no longer necessary, and that a college degree was obsolete for success at getting a good job. …
Most parents aren’t thinking about their son failing in college or being unsuccessful when they choose a college or program for them to attend, they usually trust in the system or the advice from their high school. But many realize only after their son begins to have problems or starts to fail college courses that …
For nearly 15 years I’ve worked with students to understand exactly why they can be bright yet still fail in college. So many of the reasons why students have problems are still just guessed at, and even Professors and Administrators have no idea. In fact, students themselves can often have little insight in to exactly …
An interesting article, if not an ominous one, appeared in Psychology Today that discussed the troubling lack of resilience in modern college students. They defined this lack of “resilience” as an inability to deal with the problems of everyday life, including having emotional crises over simple things like roommate conflicts or getting a “B” grade. …
It’s been a busy start to the fall school year, but I wanted to take the time to post an update on my work and the college help program that I run. This year I have collaborations underway with different colleges and departments, and will be incorporating this in to my regular work with students …