As your student prepares to apply for admission to a college, we recognize that their support group, parents/guardians, counselors, etc., play a vital role. We can help you and your student connect to many colleges to have informative conversations and assist them in making their decision. For each visit, you could maintain a chart with categories for your child's observations, such as 'What I Liked,' 'What I Didn’t Like' and 'What I’m Unsure About'

Before You Attend the Fairs

Review Dr. Kevin J. Fleming's videos. Tap the Videos for all Audiences and Videos for Students links to watch Preparing for Life After High School: 4 Skills & 4 Steps to a Successful Career. Additional career-related videos are available on his website.

Articles to Read

UC Santa Cruz's website's article Tips for Parents/Families of First-Year Students, also provides a link to a video library entitled 2-Minute Takeaways ~ Your Questions Answered by Higher Ed. Another article to review is Forbes' What Accreditation Should A College Have? What To Know.

Informed Decision ~ Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

Enrolling in an accredited institution and program could make you more competitive post-graduation, as stated in the Forbes article above. Connecting to the (CHEA)—Browse Directories, i.e., Search Institutions, Search Programs, and Search Accreditors, allows you to contact the institutions with questions.

Sample CHEA Search

1. Connect to the CHEA website.
2. Click Browse Directories and Search Programs
3. Locate Program Type by scrolling down to find, e.g. Interior Design, and click Search.
4. You can now select from the Institution, e.g. Michigan State University or Accredited Program heading.

   1. Selecting the Institution will show you the college’s Institutional Accreditation and its Accredited Programs.
   2. Selecting Accredited Program will provide the contact information for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) and list their certified Interior Design programs. You can also produce a duplicate listing of the CIDA-certified Interior Design programs by entering CIDA in the Search Box for Search Accreditors.

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