On our debut episode of CollegeFluency for Parents, Ian Mortimer Vice President for Enrollment Management at Rochester Institute of Technology talks with John Serafine director of student counseling and college advising at McQuaid Jesuit High School. Serafine has more than three decades of experience in college counseling, including leadership roles with the National Association for College Counseling.  Ian and John discuss the relationships between the four key stakeholders in the admissions process: the student, parents, guidance professionals and the staff at colleges and universities.  

You can read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/admissions/sites/rit.edu.admissions/files/docs/RIT-CollegeFluency-podcast-episode-1-transcript.pdf

Ep. 1: The roles of student, parents and academic professionals in college admissions

Ian Mortimer talks with Maria Richart director of the Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services at RIT about how how parents and other evaluators of colleges and universities should incorporate career services into their college search process.

Ep. 2: What you need to know about college career placement services

CollegeFluency for Parents, hosted by Ian Mortimer, RIT vice president of enrollment at RIT, is a monthly podcast in which higher education experts demystify the college search and financing process and offer insight into the realities of college admissions and financial aid.