The Take Advantage Now/Parent Education Project (TAN/PEP) is based on the knowledge that college students need their parents' help for academic success. The program was developed at Brooklyn College to offer education, support, and counseling for parents and guardians of entering freshmen who have been accepted in a program known as Search, Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK). This paper is an overview and summary of TAN/PEP for the 1986-87 year. The goal of the program is to decrease the high number of students who drop out before graduation and to increase the students' use of program resources. One way of doing this is to get parents more involved in the college life of their offspring. A series of workshops was offered to the parents providing information on the following topics: (1) orientation; (2) study habits, time management, and planning skills; (3) financial aid; (4) the family in the educational process; (5) counseling and advisement; and (6) review of college resources and processes. Parents who attended the workshops felt positive about their participation. They came away with a sense of support and assurance. Because of the parents' previous lack of information, the Project proved to be a major source of information for first-time college students and parents. Parents felt they had gained enough information to act as resources for their children and other family and community members. The project staff will write a new proposal to include a research component to measure the effects of the program on the attitudes of parents and students. A list of 11 references is included. (VM)