Submitted by Doug Lederman on November 27, 2007 - 4:00am
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Many community colleges have programs for parents -- policies and tools for helping adult students balance child care and other demands of being a parent with the expectations of being a college student.
Submitted by Scott Jaschik on January 24, 2008 - 4:00am
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Most students approve of the role Mom and Dad are playing in college choices -- and minority freshmen are more likely than white counterparts to want even more guidance.
Mercy College of New York begins a program to give each undergraduate a single mentor to provide personal attention from admission all the way through graduation.
Discussion of -- and complaints about -- the rise of "helicopter parents," whose involvement in their children's lives lies somewhere between excessive and obsessive, has reached a fever pitch over the past few years.
