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Information for Parents of
Prospective Students
If
you discover additional information you believe should be
included on this page, or have questions or comments, please
email us at
admission@houghton.edu.
Houghton College Resources for Parents
Houghton College Guide for Parents of College Students A
guide provided by Houghton's Career and Counseling Center.
Houghton College Career
and Graduate School Information
Are Houghton alumni getting jobs after graduation; feeling
prepared for the world of work? The data from our
graduates confirm that they are. Over ninety percent (90%)
of alumni responding to our survey indicate being employed
full-time or attending graduate school within a year of their
Houghton graduation.
Why Should I Attend an Unapologetically
Christian College? Dr. Carlton Fisher, Houghton
College’s Dean of Academic Administration, Professor of
Philosophy
What should you know about Christian liberal arts?
Houghton College - Office of Student Financial Services
Choosing a College
Campus Life College Guide Online
Specifics to Consider When Choosing a College - The Princeton
Review
Choosing a College: A Guide for Parents and Students
Choosing a College that’s Right for You
Advice
for Parents: Sending Your Child to College
Why should your daughter or son attend a Christian college?
North
American Coalition for Christian Admission Professionals
Is there a “best” Christian college?
How is a Christian college different?
What makes a good campus visit?
Associated Colleges of the Midwest - Campus Visit Guide
(PDF file)
Visit
Journal (a downloadable form for easy comparison of
schools)
The College Board - Why Visit? Seeing Beyond the Brochure
Why Visits
Matter - Campusvisit.com
Guide to Campus Visits - National Review Online
Guide to Asking the Right Questions - Intercollegiate Studies
Institute
Campus
Visits: Prerequisite for Choosing a College (An article by
a travel writer, who was taking her child on campus visits)
A Guide for Parents and Students: The Campus Visit
How to
Make the Most of Your Campus Visit
Advice about financial aid
Should Christians Borrow for College?
FinAid.org - For Parents
FinAid.org - Financial Aid Estimator
FastWeb.com
Printed Resources
College Admissions: A Crash Course for
panicked Parents by Sally Rubenstone and Sidonia Dalby,
MacMillan/Arco, 1994
Don't Tell Me What to do, Just Send
Money (The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years)
by Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller, St. Martin's
Griffin, 2000
When Kids Go To College: A Parent's
Guide to Changing Relationships by Barbara and Phillip
Newman, Ohio State University Press, 1992
"Certainly
a college education provides access to new information and
higher levels of earning. But in this book we have
emphasized that the college years are a time to establish a
personal identity. These are the years when young people are
open to a thorough self-examination. These are the years
when they are intellectually complex enough to entertain a wide
variety of ideas, values, and goals. College provides both
the freedom and the stimulation that allow this creative process
to unfold." (p. 156) (And we at Houghton College would add that
this is an ideal time for significant and continuing development
of their faith commitments.)
Christian Colleges and Universities
(8th Edition) the Official Guide to Campuses of the
Council of Christian Colleges and Universities,
Thompson/Peterson, 2000
Christian Liberal Arts by V. James
Mannoia, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 2000
The Fabric of Faithfulness by Steven
Garber, Intervarsity Press, 1996
The University Through the Eyes of Faith
edited by Steve Moore, Light and Life Communications, 1998
Contours of a World View by Arthur
F. Holmes, Eerdmans, 1983
The Idea of a Christian College
(Revised Edition), by Arthur F. Holmes, 1987
Campus Visits and College Interviews,
2nd Edition, Zola Dincin Schneider, the College
Board, 2002
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