Transition

• Campus Daze, Easing the Transition from High School to College – George Gibbs (2000)
• Empty Nest... Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College – Andrea Van Steenhouse (2002)
• Empty-Nest Parenting: Adjusting Your Stewardship As Your Children Leave Home – Richard M. Eyre, Linda Eyre, Saren Eyre Loosli (2002)
• The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life – Laura Kastner, Jennifer Wyatt (2002)
• Let the Journey Begin: A Parent’s Monthly Guide to the College Experience – Jacqueline MacKay, Wanda Ingram (2002)
• Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years – Karen Levin Coburn, Madge Lawrence Treeger (2003)
• Millenials Go To College: Strategies for a New Generation On Campus – William Strauss, Neil Howe (2003)
• Millenials Rising – Neil Howe, William Strauss, R.J. Matson (2000)
• She’s Leaving Home: Letting Go As Daughter Goes to College – Connie Jones
• When Kids Go to College: A Parents’ Guide to Changing Relationships – Barbara M. Newman, Philip R. Newman (2002)
• When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parent’s Survival Guide – Carol Barkin
• 133 Ways to Avoid Going Cuckoo when the Kids Fly the Nest: A Parent’s Guide for Surviving Empty Nest Syndrome – Lauren Schaffer, Sandy Fleischl Wasserman (2001)

Finance and Assistance

• The Debt-Free Graduate: How to Survive College or University without Going Broke – Murray Baker (2000)
• Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years – Helen E. Johnson, Christine Schelhas-Miller (2000)
• Getting Ready for College: Everything You Need to Know Before You Go from Bike Locks to Laundry Baskets, Financial Aid to Health Care – Polly Berent, Foreword by Robert Franek (2003)
• An Educated Choice: Advice for Parents of College Bound Students – Frank A. Brock (2002)

Helping Your Student

• Bring Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond – Janis Brody (2000)
• Doors Open from Both Sides – Margo Woodacre, Steffany Bane (2001)
• A Parent’s Guide to Sex, Drugs, and Flunking Out: Answers to the Questions Your College Student Doesn’t Want You to Ask – Joel Epstein (2001)
• Rising Millennials Face Worldview Conflict – Shirley A. Carson (2002)
• Words to Live By: A Journal of Wisdom for Someone You Love – Emily Marshall, Kate Marshall (2005)
• You’re On Your Own (But I’m Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years – Marjorie Savage (2003)

For Students and Parents

• College Rules! How to Study, Survive and Succeed in College – Sherrie L. Nist, Jodi Patrick Holschuh (2002)
• Your College Experience: Strategies for Success – John N. Gardner, A. Jerome Jewler (2004)
• Chicken Soup for the College Soul: Inspiring and Humorous Stores about College – Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Dan Clark, Jack Canfield (1999)

Online Resources

• The Healthy Student: Preparing for the College Years
  www.adolescenthealth.org/The_Healthy_Student.pdf
• College Parents of America
  www.collegeparents.org
• How to Enjoy the Summer and Avoid a Clash with Your College Kids
  http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3079389

General Information:

• www.guideforparents.com
• www.collegeparents.org
• www.students.gov
• www.collegeboard.com

Safety and Security:

• www.csuohio.edu/offices/police
• www.campussafety.org
• www.health.org

Financial Assistance:

• www.csuohio.edu/financialaid
• www.students.gov
• www.fafsa.ed.gov
• www.scholarshiphelp.org