I Study How College Learning Works, Here’s What I’m Telling My Own Teen (opens in new tab)

My daughter is a junior in high school, which means our family is deep in the college search with campus visits, SAT nerves, Common App deadlines, financial considerations, the best academic “fit,” the whole thing. I’ve spent years researching how college learning actually works, and I can tell you this: knowing the research doesn’t make the process any less nerve-wracking, but it has changed what I’m planning to ask her once she gets there. Over the past several years, my colleagues and I fo...