Books about the transition from high school to college,

including content for students and parents

Ahmad, Shaheena.  The Yale Daily News Guide to Succeeding in College

Arrington, Zach.  Confessions of a College Freshman.

Bane, Margo E. Woodacre and Steffany Bane.  I'll Miss You Too: An Off-to-College Guide for Parents and Students

Barkin, Carol.  When Your Kid Goes to College: A Parents’ Survival Guide  (After the author’s son went off to college she interviewed parents around the country to get their perspectives.)

Beymer, Lawrence and Richard Nelson. Parenting a College Student - Do's and Don'ts for Making Effective Choices

Bickle, Bruce and Stan Jantz.  Real Life Begins After High School. 

Bips, Linda L., Kristina Wallitsch, and Jessica Wallitsch Parenting College Freshmen: Consulting For Adulthood

Brody, Janis.  Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond

Carr, Marie.  Sending Your Child to College--Prepared Parent's Operational Manual

Cehn, Joan Taylor, Nye, Risa, and Renalds, Julie. Writin' on Empty: Parents Reveal the Upside, Downside, and Everything In Between When Children Leave the Nest (Essay collection; website is http://www.writinonempty.com/)

Coburn, Karen Levin and Madge Lawrence Treeger.  Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years.  Co-authored by a College Dean and a psychotherapist.

Cohen, Harlan. The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College.

Combs, Patrick.  Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, and Get a Very Cool Job. 

Dobkin, Rachel and Shana Sippy.  The College Woman’s Handbook. 

Gibbs, George.  Easing the Transition from High School to College (Mostly for students but has a section for parents at the end)

Gibbs, George. Campus Daze.

Grayson, Paul A. and Philip W. Meilman.  Beating the College Blues. 

Hanson, Jennifer. The Real Freshman Handbook.

Johnson, Helen E., Christine Schelhas-Miller. Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money:The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years

Jones, Connie.  She’s Leaving Home. 

Jones, Marilee and Ginsburg, Kenneth.  Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond. (By the former dean of  admissions at MIT and a pediatrician.)

Kastner, Laura and Jennifer Wyatt.  The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life

Korn, Rachel. How to Survive Getting Into College Mostly for students but has good section at the end that will be helpful to them and to parents.

Latzko, Marian B. I Can Do It! A Micropedia of Living on Your Own. 

Light, Richard J.  Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds. 

Litt, Ann Selkowitz.  Eating Well on Campus. 

Nieuwenhuis,  Marjorie. The Parent's Guide to College Admissions (Mostly about the parent's role in the admissions process but has section at the end about things the parent should do before and after they leave.)

O’Callaghan, Karin R. Money Management for College Students.

Pasick, Patricia.  Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College.

Rich, Jason.  The Everything College Survival Book. 

Rollins, C.E..  52 Ways to Get Along With Your College Roommate. 

Rowh, Mark.  Coping with Stress in College.

Rubenstone, Sally and Dalby, Sidonia. Panicked Pareents Guide to College Admissions. (Chapter 1) Peterson’s 2002.

Savage, Marjorie. You’re On Your Own (but I’m here if you need me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years

Seaman, Barrett.  What Your College Student Won’t Tell You.

Smith, M.J., Smith and Fred Smith. The Smart Student’s Guide to Healthy Living. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Steenhouse, Andrea Van.  Empty Nest…Full Heart: Journey from Home to College.  Practical advice from a mom/PhD Psychologist.