[JustACityBoy]

Well speaking from experience, cause this kind of sounds like my case,

1) I guess what I think he'd want most is just one close friend (or yourself) to actually be in the college with him or live with him somehow.
That seems basically impossible.

2) I'd be happy too if I knew there was something shiny that I could keep for a long time at the end of the road.

3) making the entire school years better, working on hobbies, getting new hobbies, getting gifts to support or try out new hobbies, or really, it would be fucking awesome if whenever I get stuck on a question my teacher teleports to me and helps me.

So helping him on hard stuff homework is good, giving him hobby-related gifts, or inspiring him to a new hobby he likes.
Difficult classes where I genuinely have no idea how to solve a related problem makes me give up alot.