Working with students' parents*

• A Family Guide to Academic Advising print resource for parents and family members
• Publications for the families of first-year students
• Articles
  • Advisors and Parents : Together Building Stronger Advising Relationships via the Clearinghouse
  • Are students, parents too connected? Chicago Tribune via College Parents of America
  • Causes and Implications of Parental Involvement in the Advising Process via the Clearinghouse
  • College 101 for parents by Drew Appleby via IUPUI
  • Educating Parents About College Life from the January 9, 2004 issue of The Chronicle Review (Note: you may need your institution's password for the Chronicle site)
  • Helicopters, Snowplows and Bulldozers: Managing Students' Parents via the Association of College Unions International
  • Involved Parents, Satisfied Students via Inside Higher Education
  • It's Your Child's Education, Not Yours via The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Letting Up and Letting Go
  • Leveraging Parents as Allies in Student Success via Academic Impressions
  • Parents: Help or Hinderance? via Inside Higher Education
  • Students, Parents, Colleges: Drawing the Lines via The Chronicle of Higher Education (Note: you may need your institution's password for the Chronicle site)
  • Students, Welcome to Campus; Parents, Go Home via NY Times
  • Survey Finds Mismatch in Student Achievement and Parents' College Expectations via The Chronicle of Higher Education (Note: you may need your institution's password for the Chronicle site)
  • Surveys of Students Challenge 'Helicopter Parent' Stereotypes via The Chronicle of Higher Education (Note: you may need your institution's password for the Chronicle site)
  • The Emotional Toll of Being Too Involved in Your Kid's Life via The Wall Street Journal
  • To the Parents article by Jerry O'Connor
• College Parents of America
• Frequently Asked Questions regarding working with the parents of students via the Clearinghouse
• Parents and FERPA
  • Legal Issues in Academic Advising via the Clearinghouse
  • Release of information to parents via the Clearinghouse
• Parent Handbooks
  • Allegheny College Parent Handbook
  • Binghampton University Parents' Handbook
  • Biola University Parent Handbook
  • Colorado State Parent Handbook
  • Hope College Connections
  • Illinois State University Parent's Resource Guide
  • Mississippi State Parent Handbook
  • Northwestern University Parent Handbook
  • Purdue University Parent Handbook
  • University of California, Santa Barbara Online Parent Handbook
  • University of Minnesota claPARENT
  • University of San Diego Parent Handbook
  • Westminster College Handbook for Parents
• Parent Web sites
  • California Polytechnic University Parents Transition Guide
  • East Carolina Office of Parent Services
  • George Fox University Parents Web site
  • George Washington University Parent Services
  • Hope College Parent's Place
  • IPFW Parent FAQ
  • Kutztown University Advising Undeclared Students Parent Web site
  • Lipscomb University For the Parents
  • North Carolina State University Parents and Family Services
  • Northwestern University Parent Resources
  • University of Minnesota University Parent
  • Warren Wilson College Parent Web site
  • Western Carolina University Stay connected and involved
  • Western Kentucky University Parent Guide

* Copyright for handbooks linked from this site is held by each institution. Contact the listed individuals for permission to copy materials from these handbooks.