Parental Involvement in Higher Education: Understanding the Relationship Among Students, Parents, and the Institution

by Marjorie Savage and Katherine Lynk Wartman

Helicopter parents have landed on our college campuses This monograph examines parental involvement in higher education by looking at the history of the relationship between students and institutions and institutional responses to this phenomenon. It explores: alternative theoretical frameworks that highlight the benefits of strong parental relationships variables of gender, race and socioeconomic class and how they inform the student-parent relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470385294
• ISBN13: 9780470385296
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.8"