College Be their support systems in all cases The moment parents see that their child is about to plan for the college, the first reaction is—”So soon? I cannot believe it that our kid has grown up.” To imagine that your kid will be going to their first college after school is such a beautiful feeling—the smell of the corridors, …
Read MoreCareer Design Career design is life design by self-discovery Students and their families and loved ones need a new approach that helps them plan and find colleges and see careers in a much broader lens—something beyond the students’ personality and aptitude assessment reports. Getting into the college for higher education was always an important milestone in students’ career, anywhere in …
Read MoreWrong college? Steering saves you from the cost of a wrong college Imagine a kid getting into a college and wants to drop off within a few months or after one year. Steering takes the guess work out of the family discussions and prepare them for an objective analysis of a rewarding career opportunity for their kid. We see so …
Read MoreReal story Law practitioners’ son wants to study software This is a real conversation we had with a family. The parents are legal practitioners and the have a preference for their son to study law whereas the kid wants to learn software. Rajesh Aggarwal is a senior advocate and his partner Priya Aggarwal is a corporate lawyer in Chandigarh. Their …
Read MoreThe family Students’ career choices and the family When students get into a college and the whole family supports it, the family dynamics are different. When they study something against the parents’ wishes, it impacts everyone at home. When a student grows from grade six to seven, the family is also growing. The child is merely progressing for the grades …
Read MoreNaming? Students might see light in these career options There are no mainstream careers or preferred careers—a student’s choice for studying commerce or soil or music or fish have the same merit, and their dreams are equally important for the world. In some sections or communities or even in the families or extended families, the students’ career choices and their …
Read MoreColleges How students make college selection decisions This post shares some thoughts from a study—Uncovering Students’ Higher Education Institutions Selection: An Investigation Using Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis. The paper was published by Pravin Chavan, Global Business School and Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, and Masuma Mehta, School of Management, Avantika University, Ujjain (link to the study). Knowing …
Read MoreBefore students and their families or loved ones feel the pressure of taking the right subjects in the right college, they should understand the cost of getting into a wrong college for the wrong reasons.
Read MoreParents, guardians, and loved ones have concerns when their kid is about to finish their school and they are planning their college and career decisions
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