For parents with college-bound children, the task can accomplish much more.

Money being tight, with other college-bound children in the family queue, the man had persuaded his daughter to accept the second university's offer.

But parents also need to understand what will be happening to their college-bound children and how to help them complete their degrees.

AS April draws to a close, parents of college-bound children can finally relax.

Anyone with a college-bound child knows that the admissions process bears no resemblance to what it was like when the last generation applied to college.

And the fact remains that the well-educated, college-bound children of Roslyn do not seem to have suffered much.

As the fortunes of the two men become intertwined, the schemes of their college-bound children threaten to alter the families' lives forever.

August, she said, is big for larceny; many who steal laptops or buy stolen computers want them for their college-bound children.

But they contend that the magnet schools do not provide the rigorous academic programs that their college-bound children are looking for.

Parents do best when they encourage their college-bound children to reach out enthusiastically for opportunities in the classroom and beyond.