The figures are pretty dramatic. On average, about 50% of students fail to graduate from the college in which they...
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Tips for Parents – Five Conversations to Have with Your Student During Winter Break
Keeping the lines of communication open with your college student is key to nurturing a good relationship. Take...
How to make people like you in 4 seconds
Speaker and author Nicholas Boothman offers tips for making a solid first impression — before it's too late. Within...
For Black Girls, Lack Of Exercise Heightens Obesity Risk
The evidence of America's obesity epidemic is all around us. But the problem is particularly acute among African-American women. About half of...
How To Help Your Child's Brain Grow Up Strong
Babies may look helpless, but as soon as they come into the world, they're able to do a number of important things. They can recognize faces and...
5 Mistakes Parents Make With Teens and Tweens
Here are the top mistakes parents make with their teens and tweens, and how to avoid them. Things aren’t the way they used to be. Your 12-year-old...
9 things you shouldn't say to your child
I was trying to do two things at once -- cook (in the kitchen) while deciphering some paperwork (in the next room). I'd been interrupted a thousand...
Summer Activities for Kids
Aesop’s Fables—Professor Copper Giloth at the University of Massachusetts Amherst teaches Introduction to Computing in the Fine Arts. She...
Teach Financial Independence
Take advantage of real-life money lessons today so that you and your children can reap the benefits in the future. "In the past year, college...
Dr. Mark Dean: Black Inventor
You may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren't alone. But almost everything in your life has been affected by his work. See, Dr. Mark Dean...
HUSSEY'S 10 PLUS 1 GOLDEN RULE
I believe that everyone should have rules or principles that guide them - baseline that they come back to time and time again to keep them anchored....