Dr. Michael McNeil, Associate Vice President & Chief of Staff at Columbia Health was quoted in a piece on the HuffPost about parental communication with first year college students.
Michael P. McNeil, a professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health who presents a summer webinar for the parents of undergrads, told HuffPost that these findings aligned with those of previous studies showing that “regular, scheduled check-ins can encourage and reinforce positive health behaviors in that student.” McNeil recommends that parents and students talk about how and with what frequency they will communicate before the student arrives on campus so that everyone has a “shared expectation.”
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