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PARENTS differ from those in the past. The students enter college with a strong sense of entitlement and view higher education as a service industry. Their parents, meanwhile, are unwilling to let their children go off on their own and constantly interfere with the process, from registration to grading!~ Thomas Brady, United States Merchant Marine Academy, August 3, 2005 The youth that I work with are better prepared academically and socially. The Internet and computer have leveled the playing field for low-income students and disabled students. Parents five years ago are enrolling in academic courses to enhance the biggest economy (US) in the world.~ Oscar Frank, Jr., August 10, 2005 In my experience from advising students ten years ago to today, the types of questions I find myself asking are very different. Before it was, “What do you want this to look like?”—very broad in nature. Today it's step-by-step. Not to say any one way is better than the other. Maybe it's time we ask ourselves, “Do I need to change my paradigm?” Parents are going to be involved; the question is how. That is something I can still impact as my paradigms do a bit of a shift.~ Jeff Stafford, August 18, 2005 The Mentor is published by Penn State's Division of Undergraduate Studies Available online at www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/ Privacy and Legal Statements | Copyright | © The Pennsylvania State University | All rights reserved | |
