Table of Contents
Preface to the Sixth Edition xiii
Part I The College Experience
1 Letting Go 3
2 Some Things Never Change: The Search for Identity, Independence, and Intimacy 11
3 Some Things Do Change: College Life Today 32
Part II A Parents' Guide: From Start to Finish
4 Great Expectations 97
5 Ready, Set, Go: The Departure 141
6 Orientation and Disorientation 189
7 The Freshman Year: Academic Life and the College Scene 221
8 In and Out of Your Life 281
9 Sophomore Slump and the Years Beyond 330
10 The End Is the Beginning 378
Resources for Parents and Students 399
Notes 411
Bibliography 417
Acknowledgments 425
Index 427