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Updated for the 2024-2025 school year! Post-College Ready is for the parents, family members, and supporters who have answered late-night calls, advocated for their students, attended family weekends, and are ready to launch their almost-adult child into the post-college world. There are many books out there about what college is like. There is also information about what adulthood is like. But what about the transition from one to another? In Post-College Ready, you will find answers to the following questions, and more! - Should your student search for a job in their field right away, apply to graduate school, or take a year off volunteering or working? - Should they stay in their current apartment, move back home, or follow their partner across the country? - Will you, as parents, continue to support them financially? - How will your relationship change? The goal of this book-written by professionals in the fields of family engagement, career services, leadership and civic engagement, graduate education, and alumni relations-is to help you start conversations with your student now as they plan for life after college and support them with whatever path they choose. Contributors include: Chelsea Petree, Ph.D., Director of Parent and Family Programs at the Rochester Institute of Technology Alexandra Brown, senior director for UCLA Student Alumni Programs & Family Engagement George Brown, director for the UCLA Alumni Scholars Program Christina R. Brundage, director of Career Development at Marywood University Kathryn Cilano, director of the Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement at Rochester Institute of Technology Meaghan Davidson, associate vice president for student life and dean of students at Notre Dame of Maryland University Kerri Fowler, director of Parents and Families Services at North Carolina State University Marshall Greenleaf, director of Student and Family Support Services at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Shanise Kent, assistant dean in the Graduate School and director of the Office of Professional, Adult & Continuing Knowledge at the University at Albany, State University of New York Branka Kristic, MA, founder of the Parent and Family Programs Office at Hofstra University Darwin V. Kysor, director of the Career & Professional Development Office at the University of Pikeville Ryan Lovell, associate dean of students, The Ohio State University Joni O'Hagan oversees parent and family connections, peer to peer mentoring, first-year experience, and marketing/media for career services at St. John's University Rebecca Osborne, lead student intern in the Office of Parents and Families Services at NC State University Post-College Ready is one of a series of Ready Guides for parents of college students published by Parent Ready. More information at https: //parentready.com.

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"""We made it through the first year, so our jobs as parents of college students must be done, right? Not so much! Many students and their families spend so much time focusing on the first year. Finally, we are getting the perspective and resources needed to help support our students on that transformative and uniquely challenging sophomore year. From increased academic demands to social, emotional, and identity adjustments and everything in between, I appreciated the holistic way that the content experts described every facet of the sophomore year experience in engaging ways, leaving us with a better understanding and practical tools to help our students and families to be successful.""-Sharon Duffy, Assistant Vice President for Student Success, Emerson College, parent of a college sophomore ""Students continue to grow throughout their entire college experience-College Sophomore Ready provides terrific guidance to families as their students learn to apply the knowledge they gained in their first year of college to their second-year successes and challenges.""-Dr. Jean Peden Christodoulou, Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to the President, Hofstra University. ""Practical advice for parents from professionals with insider knowledge of the seemingly subtle yet significant differences between the freshman and sophomore experience. Insights and helpful guidance contained in this book note developmental changes in students and the delicate balance between supportive, parental guidance and a successful launch toward independence.""-Debra Merchant, J.D., Former Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Cincinnati ""As a Dean of Students, I would highly recommend College Sophomore Ready for parents, families, and guardians. The book touches upon aspects of identity, student leadership, well-being, self-care, and academic support, which are instrumental and vital to students' personal, social, and academic development in higher education.""―Juan R. Guardia, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs & Dean of Students, University of Cincinnati"

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"Chelsea Petree is the Parent and Family Programs director at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Chelsea moved to Rochester in 2015 to establish the Parent and Family Programs office, including developing a comprehensive parent communications plan and implementing family events and engagement opportunities. She has worked to establish a ""parents as partners"" culture at RIT, increasing support of families across the institution. Chelsea received her Ph.D. in family social science from the University of Minnesota in 2013 and is the past president of AHEPPP: Family Engagement in Higher Education. She has won several awards, including the 2019 Rising Alumni Award from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota and the 2021 AHEPPP Powerful Partnership Award for Tiger Parent Project-a program that brings together RIT staff and faculty to learn more about the familyexperience and parent-student-university relationships. She is theeditor of the College Ready book series."

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