College Reading Resources 133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo When Kids Fly the Nest written by Laren Schaffer and Sandy Fleischl Wasserman 25 Ways To Make College Pay Off: Advice For Anxious Parents From a Professor Who’s Seen It All written by Bill Coplin A Family Guide to Academic Advising written by Donald C. Smith and Virginia N. Gordon (National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina) A Guide for Families of Commuter Students: Supporting Your Student’s Success written by Cathie Hatch (National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina) A New Beginning: A Survival Guide for Parents of College Freshmen written by Kaye Bernard McGarry, M.Ed. 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Tyler Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions written by Matthew J. DeLuca Best Scholarships for the Best Students written by Donald Asher Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond written by Janis Brody Campus Confidential: The Complete Guide to the College Experience by Students for Students written by Robert H. Miller Chicken Soup for the College Soul: Inspiring and Humorous Stories About College written by Jack L. Canfield, Mark Victor Hanson and Kimberly Kirberger Closing the Gap: A Strategy for Brining Parents and Teens Together written by Jay McGraw College Rules! How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College written by S. Nist and J. 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Berent Give Them Wings: Preparing for the Time Your Teens Leave Home written by Carol Kuyendall Graduate Admission Essays written by Donald Asher Helping Your First-Year College Student Succeed written by Richard H. Mullendore and Cathie Hatch of the National Orientation Director’s Association Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting Our Money & Failing Our Kids—and What We Can Do About It written by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus How to Study in College written by Walter Pauk How to Survive and Thrive in an Empty Nest: Reclaiming Your Life When Your Children Have Grown written by Jeanette C. Lauer and Robert H. Lauer How to Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk written by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish How to Talk to Your Adult Children about Really Important Things written by Theresa DiGeronimo I’ll Miss You Too: An Off-To-College Guide for Parents and Students written by Margo E. Bane Woodacre and Steffany Bane I’m Going to College—Not You! Surviving the College Search with Your Child written by Jennifer Delahunty Improving Student Learning Skills written by Martha Maxwell, Ph.D. In Addition to Tuition: The Parents’ Survival Guide to Freshman Year of College written by Marian Edelman Borden, Mary Anne Burlinson and Elsie R. Kerns Let the Journey Begin: A Parent’s Monthly Guide to the College Experience written by Jacqueline Kiernan MacKay and Wanda Ingram Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years written by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger Loving Your Job, Finding Your Passion: Work and the Spiritual Life written by Joe Allegretti Making College Count: A Real World Look at How to Succeed In and After College written by Patrick S. O’Brien Making the Most of College written by Richard J. Light Millennials Go To College written by N. Howe and W. Strauss Millennials Rising: The Next Generation written by N. Howe and W. Strauss Navigating your Freshman Year written by Allison Lombardo Panicked Parents’ Guide to College Admissions written by Sally Rubenstone and Sidonia Dalby Parent’s Guide to College and Careers: How to Help, not Hover written by Barbara Cooke Parent’s Guide to College Life: 181 Straight Answers on Everything You Can Expect over the Next Four Years written by Robin Raskin Parenting College Freshmen: Consulting for Adulthood written by Linda L. Bips, Jessica Wallitsch and Kristina Wallitsch Parenting College Students: 27 Winning Strategies for Success written by Debi Yohn Parents’ Guide to College Life written by Robin Raskin Preparing Your Child For College: A Resource Book for Parents 2000 written by Richard W. Riley Quantum Learning: Unleashing the Genius in You written by Bobbi DePorter and Mike Hernacki Ready for College: Everything You Need to Know written by Michael Pennock Resumes that Knock’em Dead written by Martin Yate Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges written by Frederick Rugg Sending Your Child to College: The Prepared Parent’s Operational Manual written by Marie Carr, Katherine Carr and Ann Carr She’s Leaving Home: Letting Go As My Daughter Goes to College written by Connie Jones Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Life Decisions written by John Hammond, Ralph Keeney and Howard Raifa Study Smarter (not harder) and Succeed written by Cora M. Dzubak, Ph.D. Studying Smart: Time Management for College Students written by Diana Schart-Hunt and Pam Hait Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed written by H. 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Langer The Price of Privilege written by Madeline Levine, Ph.D. The Real Freshman Handbook: A Totally Honest Guide to Live on Campus written by Jennifer Hanson The Secret to Your College Success: 101 Ways to Make the Most of Your College Experience written by Toni Buxton What Color is Your Parachute written by Richard Nelson Bolles What Smart Students Know written by Adam Robinson What to Expect When Your Child Leaves for College: A Complete Guide for Parents Only written by Mary Spohn When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today’s College Student written by Arthur Levine and Jeanette S. Cureton When Kids Go to College: A Parents Guide to Changing Relationships written by Barbara N. Newman and Philip Newman When We’re in Public, Pretend You Don’t Know Me: Surviving Your Daughter’s Adolescences So You Don’t Look Like an Idiot and She Still Talks to You written by Susan Borowicz When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent’s Survival Guide written by Carol Barkin Yale Daily News Guide to Fellowships and Grants written by Kaplan You’re on Your Own (But I’m Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years written by Marjorie Savage