Parents

Students walking across campus talking on their cells are probably chatting with Mom, survey finds.

With Rutgers planning to drop six "Olympic" sports teams from varsity status, lawmakers consider stepping in.

New survey finds most Americans believe tuition shouldn't bar qualified students from a college education, as anxieties about price mount.

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.

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.

Legislation moving through Congress seems to forget college students in its provisions.

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.

With the start of a new academic year -- and a new crop of freshmen leaving home for the first time -- comes the now-inevitable round of articles about the parents who have a little too much trouble letting go (nor does Inside Higher Ed

Should colleges and their employees be doing more to encourage savings and better-informed planning?