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In order to separate doting parents from their freshman sons and daughters, Morehouse College in Atlanta has instituted a formal “Parting Ceremony.” It began on a recent evening, with speeches in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. Then the incoming freshmen marched through the gates of the campus - which swung shut, literally leaving the parents outside. When University of Minnesota freshmen moved in at the end of August, parental separation was a little sneaker: Mothers and fathers were invited to a reception elsewhere so students could meet their roommates and negotiate dorm room space - without adult intervention. Grinnell College, like others, has found it necessary to be explicit about when parents really, truly must say goodbye. After computer printers and duffle bags had been carried to dorm rooms, everyone gathered in the gym, students on one side of the bleachers, parents on the other. Then the president of the college welcomed the freshmen by having his back to the parents - a symbolic staging meant to inspire “an aha! moment,” an epiphany where “parents realize that their children are feeling more comfortable sitting with 400 people they just met.” Shortly after, mothers and fathers were urged to leave campus. Moving their students in colleges usually takes a few hours. Moving on? Most deans can tell stories of parents who lingered around campus for days. At Colgate University, a mother and father once went to their daughter’s classes and came to the registrar’s office to change her schedule, recalled Beverly Low, the dean of first - year students. “We recognize it’s a huge day for families,” she said.【缺少答案,请补充】