A Little Hovering Is Fine, Students Say; Colleges Wary of 'Helicopter Parents'

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One insisted on sitting in on his college student's job interview. Another demanded that her graduate student be given a different housing assignment.

They're called "helicopter parents." University administrators often bemoan the crippling effect they can have when they intervene on students' behalf. But a recent national survey suggests that while college officials may see many parents' behavior as overzealous, students are largely satisfied with a little helicopter- like hovering, at least in their first year.

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A Little Hovering Is Fine, Students Say; Colleges Wary of 'Helicopter Parents'

According to the survey released last week by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, a large majority of nearly 300,000 college freshmen reported that they were happy with their parents' involvement in their college careers.

More than three-qu...

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