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As a couple of other posters indicated, you might want to have him consider getting an on-campus job. There are usually a number of jobs that allow one to work about 8-10 hours per week and these jobs are usually very flexible with schedules for classes, mid-terms, finals, etc. He’d easily earn enough money from a job like this to provide adequate spending money and he’d probably even save some money from it. He’ll also tend to be somewhat more involved in the campus as a result and may make further contacts with professors, etc. </p>
<p>There are typically all kinds of jobs on campus including not only the more obvious ones but also paid lab assistants, IT support jobs, and many others. </p>
<p>Assuming he has some savings, he could use that to tide him over until he finds a job. Using his savings will also provide incentive for him to find a job.</p>
<p>If you still want to provide the spending money, just think through what’s reasonable regarding activities. Personally I wouldn’t pay for a lot of restaurants, shows, concerts, clothes shopping (probably not a problem with a son), or other expensive activities and I certainly wouldn’t want any of my money going to pay for alcohol, etc. This doesn’t leave a whole lot to have to pay for since you’re already covering room and board. You could always start with a minimal amount to cover a few inexpensive fast food meals per week and maybe a movie or two per month and see how it goes from there.</p>