What Parents Should do to Help Students Prepare for The First Year of College.How to College: What to Know Before You Go and When You’re There, by Andrea Malkin Brenner and Lara Hope Schwartz.Listeners to this episode might be interested in: She specializes in decoding diaries written by rural women in 19 th century America. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality. She currently consults with colleges that wish to create their own first-year transitions courses.

She holds a BA in Sociology from Brandeis University, an MA in Curriculum, Instruction and Administration in Higher Education from Boston College, and a PhD in Sociology from American University. She created the American University Experience (AUx) Program, a mandatory full-year course that serves as a college transition course, and a cross-cultural communication class. She was a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at American University for 20 years, and directed the University College program. Our guest is: Andrea Malkin Brenner, PhD, the co-author of How To College. She earned her Juris Doctor Cum Laude from Harvard Law School and her AB in English and American Literature Magna Cum Laude from Brown University. Previously, Lara was Director of Strategic Engagement at the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, Courts Matter director at Media Matters, Legal Director at the Human Rights Campaign, and Vice President of External Affairs at the American Association of People with Disabilities. She teaches at American University’s School of Public Affairs, and serves as Honors Program Director. She has served as a Faculty Fellow at American University’s Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning. Our guest is: Lara Hope Schwartz, the co-author of How To College. Wish we’d bring in an expert about something? Find us on Twitter: The Academic Life this episode you’ll hear: what you need to know before you go, the talk you need to have with your family and friends before you leave for school, what to do when you get there, and a discussion of the book How to College. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we.

How to College by Andrea Malkin Brenner