Roger Martin served as president of Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. Today, he serves on the Board of Education in Mamaroneck, New York, and is president of Academic Collaborations, Inc., a higher education consulting firm.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-29563-3 (cloth)

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-29577-0 (e-book)

DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226295770.001.0001

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Martin, Roger H., 1943– author.

Off to college : a guide for parents / Roger H. Martin

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-226-29563-3 (cloth : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-0-226-29577-0 (ebook) 1. College freshmen—United States. 2. College student orientation—United States. 3. College student parents—United States. I. Title.

LB2343.32.M37 2015

378.1’98—dc23

2015003599

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