They’re anxious about debt, worried about job security—and all this before they so much as declare a major. They’re first year college students, and according to a recent survey conducted by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), their emotional health is at a quarter century low.

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With readily available software presentation programs and projection facilities, we as faculty members have the ability to easily provide extensive handouts to our students.


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The stock market’s in a slump. The economy isn’t rebounding. Jobs are hard to come by— and so are student loans.


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The Albany Common Council passed a non-binding resolution urging Congress to “consider forgiving student loans” on Monday, August 17, 2009 by a vote of 12 to 0. The city council’s resolution was inspired by similar calls for forgiveness by several Facebook groups.


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Case studies are gaining in popularity as assignments for college students. The reason for the interest in case studies is that a student has to write a summary of a real life situation that is based on research. Case studies help to develop critical thinking skills because you have to consider both the pros and the cons of your solutions to the issue.

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I've been helping college students deal with the pressures of young adulthood for twenty-five years. And yet I confess that when I was in college, I did not take the advice that I now give to you. I still regret it. I clearly remember some of the mistakes I made along the way and wish I had the wisdom in my youth to seek help that would have avoided a lot more mistakes, pain, and lost opportunities.

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What else is there to do on campus? Plenty! If you can juggle your busy schedule, there are many on-campus activities that will give you a break from studying, help you connect with other students, be a learning experience outside the classroom, and help you build your resumé copy

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You can create charts to observe and track your progress in any endeavor. By tracking how much time you spend studying and doing other tasks, you will be able to determine how much time you're wasting and how much time you spend on productive activities.

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Your role as a parent at this crucial developmental point is a complicated one. It is a time to let go with confidence and allow your children to try on new identities and interests. They need the opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them. At the same time, you are still their parent, and they need your guidance and wisdom to recognize problems and address them. You walk a fine line to balance these two tensions.

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Settling in is not as difficult as you might believe. Depending on the universities facilities you might be able to even choose the type of dorm you want. There are co-ed dorms with male and females on the same floor, single-sex dorms with all males or all females, and quiet dorms where there are strict rules concerning noise.

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