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RECOMMENDED PUBLICATIONS FOR PARENTS/FAMILY:
Publications about career planning:
  • The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeed (Marcia B. Harris and Sharon L. Jones, 1996)
  • Career Coaching Your Kids: Guiding Your Child Through the Process of Career Discovery (David H. Montross, Robert J. Ginn Jr., 1997)
  • Career Planning Q's & A's: A Handbook For Students, Parents and Professionals (Paul Phifer, 1990)
  • How To Help Your Child Land The Right Job (Without Being A Pain In The Neck) (Nella Barkley, 1993)
  • Don't Wait Until You Graduate (Keith Luscher, 1998)
  • Information Interviewing (Martha Stoodley, 1997)

Publications about selecting a major:

  • What Color Is Your Parachute? (Richard Bolles, 2001)
  • How to Choose a College Major (Linda Landis Andrews, 1998)
  • I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was (Barbara Sher, 1994)
  • Networking for Everyone (L. Michelle Tullier, PhD, 1998)

Publications about your student's first year:

  • Helping Your First-Year College Student Succeed - A Guide for Parents (Richard H. Mullendore and Cathie Hatch, 2000)
    Order from the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina, 1629 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208. Telephone: 803-777-6029
  • The Freshmen Year Experience: Helping Students Survive and Succeed in College (M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner and Associates, 1989)
  • When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent's Survival Guide(Carol Barkin, 1999)
  • Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years (Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, 1997)
  • Empty Nest, Full Heart: The Journey From Home to College (Andrea Van Steenhouse, 1998)
  • Almost Grown: Launching Your Child From High School to College (Patricia Pasick, 1998)
  • In Addition to Tuition: The Parents' Guide to Freshman Year College (Marian Edelman Borden, 1996)

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES FOR PARENTS/FAMILY: