Links and recommended readings

Student life cycle

The Student Life Cycle provides your student with a list of potential experiences that they may have throughout their first year at Mount Royal.

Along with these potential experiences comes a list of the services and departments throughout Mount Royal that are there to help your student, if they need it.

Most students will experience at least some of the items in the Student Life Cycle throughout their studies at Mount Royal. However, many students will not experience all of them.

Parent websites

The CanLearn website is an excellent source of post-secondary information for students and parents. It provides interactive planning tools, career exploration tips and information about savings programs, student loans and scholarships.

The Canada.com College and University Guide provides students and parents with a wealth of information about preparing for college or university. The site covers a myriad of topics such as health and safety, living away from home, technology and the transition from high school to post-secondary.

The College Parents of America website is an American advocacy site for the parents of children entering college or university. While a lot of the information is geared towards the parents of American students, there are lots of interesting articles and blogs that are relevant to Canadian parents as well.

The Working with Students' Parents page on the National Academic Advising Association website has a wealth of information regarding parental involvement in the academic process. While mostly geared towards college and university staff, parents may gain some insights into the way they can work together with post-secondary staff to ensure student success.

Parents Association.com is a resource for parents and guardians of children, adolescent and college-age young adults.

Planning for Post-Secondary Studies (Grade 6, 9 and 12 Parent / Student Guides) are tools designed to help students and parents explore career options, learn about post-secondary schooling options and research strategies on how to pay for post-secondary studies.

Online articles

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Books

Letting Go: A parents’ guide to understanding the college years (Fourth Edition), by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, 2003

You're on Your Own (but I’m Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years, by Marjorie Savage, 2003

Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money, by Helen Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller, 2000

When Kids Go to College: A Parents Guide to Changing Relationships, by Barbara Newman & Philip Newman, 1992