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Public History Center receives enrichment grant
By Angelica Campos
Staff Writer
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The Center for
Public History at UWG
received a $5,000
teacher enrichment
grant. To be used for the
Veterans History Project,
allowing students from
grades five to eight to
learn about the Cold
War Era. The subsidy
was awarded from the
Georgia Humanities
Council to fund the
“Living in the Shadow
of War" program.
Amanda Corman
director of the Veterans
Project for the Georgia
Humanities Council
and graduate student of
'Helicopter Parents' less prevalent than reported
Courtesy of Widmeyer
Communications
‘Helicopter
parents’, so named
because they hover like
a helicopter over their
children’s lives, were
the focus of the first
issue of studentPOLL
published jointly in
anew collaboration
between the College
Board and Art & Science
Group. The findings of
a national online survey
of high school seniors
conducted by the two
organizations show that
high school seniors are
generally satisfied with
the current level of their
parents’ involvement
in the college planning
process. Ninety-five
percent of students
indicated that their
parents were either “very
involved” or “involved”
in their college plans
but, contrary to
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“I went to Clearwater, Florida. I think
it was actually colder there than it
was here.”
- Amber Higgs
the history department,
started the traveling
trunk project when she
arrived at UWG in the
fall of 2005.
According to
Amanda Corman,
assistant professor Todd,
of physical education
and recreation at UWG,
has been a great asset to
the team. He shares his
expertise to find items
from WWII, and to find
the best reproductions
of objects from the
time. Carrollton, and
Bay Spring Middle
school are partners of
the History Project for
Georgian Humanities
Council helping create
the trunks.
In the “traveling
anecdotal suggestions,
the students reported
very little unwanted
intrusive behavior on
the part of their parents.
In fact, nearly 30
percent of students want
more, not less, parental
involvement.
studentPOLL is an
ongoing study of the
opinions, perceptions,
and behaviors of
college-bound students
and their parents that
was first published
in 1995 by the Art &
Science Group. The
College Board and Art &
Science Group have now
joined forces to expand
the depth and breadth
of issues explored
in studentPOLL,
enabling more timely
and comprehensive
exploration of critical
issues and questions
pertaining to preparation
forcollege and the college
admissions process.
trunk” students w ill have
access to documents,
photographs, clothing,
and other items for
educational activities
to help middle school
students understand the
historical connection
between WWII and the
Cold War, and to teach
young adults the affect
those two events had in
the American culture.
The $5,000 grant has
helped make the WWII
trunk available at the
beginning of the 2008
school year. Corman
added that, “the money
will also help reproduce
a second traveling trunk
including artifacts from
the Cold War era, Korean
War, Vietnam War, all
“The College Board
is pleased to partner
with Art & Science
Group in this effort,”
stated College Board
Senior Vice President
for Enrollment Michael
Bartini. "We know how
important college choice
is to students and their
parents, so it is critical
that we understand
trends and changes
through their eyes.”
This issue of
studentPOLL reports on
the responses of more
than 1,700 students to
questions regarding
parental involvement in
their lives. The survey
measured the level of
involvement of parents
in a wide range of
college-related plans
and activities such
as the campus visit,
the application essay,
assessing college costs,
and preparing for the
SAT®. More than 50
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Trapped in time, articfacts teach students the real history behind the
wars of the last 50 years.
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the fall of
communism."
Unfortunately,
Corman
will not be
able to see
the finished
proj e c t
since she is
graduating
at the end of
this semester.
She says' she
is glad to
pass along the
good work and
hopes others
students will
help in the
future.
For more
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Center for Public History
percent of the students
surveyed indicated that
parents were “very
involved” in college
planning activities.
Areas in which patents
were most involved
included developing the
initial list of schools
to be considered,
planning and scheduling
college tours and
interviews, and—
most significantly
handling college cost
considerations. Only
1 percent of students,
however, reported that
their parents wrote their
application essays,
and less than 3 percent
reported that their
parents actually filled
out their application
forms.
A majority of
students indicated
satisfaction with
parental involvement
in their college search
activities. Sixty
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department at 678-839-
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percent of students are
satisfied with the level
of parental involvement
in their search for the
right college; 28 percent
want their parents to
be more involved; and
only 6 percent of the
students surveyed
who reported some
parental involvement
in their college search
reported that they want
their parents to be “less
involved.”
Much of the reported
parental involvement
actually appears to
be very constructive
and supportive. For
example, nearly half
of the students whose
parents were involved
in their college plans
indicated that their
parents had encouraged
or insisted that they apply
to schools they had not
otherwise considered.
“It’s important for us
to keep in mind the
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important and positive
role that parents do
play in helping students
make the transition
to college,” said Brad
Quin, senior director
of Higher Education
Advocacy and Special
Initiatives for the
College Board. “This
is a challenging time
for all families, and we
should be encouraged
that in the vast majority
of cases, the outcome
is achieved with a good
balance of guidance but
not control.”
Richard Hesel,
partner of Art & Science
Group, added, “College
and secondary school
leaders should try to
see parental behavior as
an opportunity rather
than a threat. Engaged
parents can be much
more easily mobilized
to support the academic
achievement of their
children.”