A Parent's Guide to the Christian College: Supporting Your Child's Mind and Spirit During the College Years

Every year, tens of thousands of parents send their children off to Christian colleges and universities, investing in the professional and spiritual growth that such institutions offer. But what happens next? A PARENT'S GUIDE TO THE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE gives answers to parents who want to know just where they're sending their children and their money. Other guides for parents of college students give information on the secular college experience, but this book provides important insight into the more comprehensive world of Christian education.

Challenging parents to reconsider their understandings of what it means to be a more fully developed person in light of Christian faith, this book takes a theological approach that celebrates the presence of parents in the lives of their daughters and sons while exploring what that presence should look like during the transition to adulthood. Parents and students alike will benefit from A PARENT''S GUIDE TO THE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, which is designed to help parents more effectively support their children and understand the Christian college's unique role in nurturing holistic and transformational education.

Todd C. Ream (Ph.D., Penn State) is the senior scholar for faith and scholarship and associate professor of humanities with the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University. He has served in a number of roles in student development. His previous books include Christian Faith and Scholarship and Christianity and Moral Identity in Higher Education (both with Perry L. Glanzer).

Timothy W. Herrmann (Ph.D., Indiana State) is associate professor of Higher Education and the Chair of the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Taylor University. He has served in a number of roles in student development and is a former president of the Association for Christians in Student Development (ACSD). He serves as the co-editor (with C. Skip Trudeau) for Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.

C. Skip Trudeau (Ed.D., Indiana) is the dean of student development at Taylor University. He has served in a number of roles in student development and is a former president of the Association for Christians in Student Development (ACSD). He serves as the co-editor (with Timothy W. Herrmann) for Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.