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Lesson Plans
- College Preparation Course (Oklahoma State University - Millis)
CollegePrep 101 is "a course to help students prepare for college."
Lists
- -College Admissions and All About College (ScholarStuff)
Provides links to the home pages of colleges and universities world wide. Well organized. 9-05
- College Courses in Southern USA (Electroniccampus.org)
Provides listings of courses. 8-05
- College Financial Aid (Collegiate Choice)
Provides an annotated list of resources for college planning and financial aid.
- College Search (CollegeNet)
Provides searches for colleges by state, major, type of college, tuition, distance, GPA of freshman classes, and other criteria. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 10-09
- College Search (ICX)
"COLLEGE NIGHT is a monthly guide to your college selection process. The content is prepared separately for high school juniors and seniors." 10-09
- Colleges (Google.com)
Provides colleges and schools by designer, location, or profession. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Colleges Search (Peterson's)
Provides college search, tips on receiving financial aid, online applications, test preparation, career education, a job search, a graduate programs search, and more. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 7-00
- Colleges and Universities of India (Softrain Solutions - A-Z of Education in India)
Provides a listing and description of colleges and universities within India by location. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 7-00
- Culinary Training Programs (Culinary-School-Finder.com)
Provides colleges and schools by theme or city. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Degrees Online (MeritEducation.com)
Provides colleges and schools by program or degree. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 5-05
- Fashion Design Schools (Fashion-School-Finder.com)
Provides colleges and schools by designer, location, or profession. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Find Art Colleges (Best-Art-Schools.com)
Provides colleges and schools by profession or state.Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Find Business and Trade Programs (Top-Online-Colleges.com)
Provides colleges and schools by profession, trade, or name of institution. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Find Career Programs (CareerEducationAdvisor.com)
Provides colleges and schools by profession or state. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Find Career Programs (Education-On-Line-Search.com)
Provides colleges and schools by profession. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Find Career Programs (Top-Online-Colleges.com)
Provides colleges and schools by profession or state. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Finding a College that Matches Your Preferences (PrincetonReview.com)
"Counselor-O-Matic is an advanced search engine that combines your academic and extracurricular history (screens 1-3) with your preferences (screens 4-8) to help you find the right college." Asks for registration of your email address but works without it. 9-05
- Local Colleges and Universities by City
- Search for Colleges (Petersons.com)
Provides a search engine for finding colleges by location, name, major, type, size, tuition, religion, sports, and more. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 6-03
- Search for Graduate Programs (Petersons.com)
Provides a search engine for finding graduate programs by field of study, name of institution, or keywords. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 6-03
- Study Abroad
"StudyAbroad.com is the Internet's leading source of information on educational opportunities for students to study in other countries. It is a comprehensive directory of study abroad programs, including summer study abroad, internship, service learning and volunteer abroad programs, high school study abroad, intensive language programs and more, all organized by subject or country or city. International education support through our study abroad handbook provides a guide to education abroad, health and safety and study abroad scholarship/financial aid information." 10-09
- Ultrasound Technician Training (Medical-Careers.org)
Provides colleges and schools by profession or state. Awesome Library does not endorse these listings, but provides them as examples. 9-04
- Virtual College Tours
Tour by state or alphabetically.
News
- -03-25-07 College Rankings (USNews.com)
Provides rankings conducted by US News and World Report. "Princeton tops the annual list of the national universities, while the California Institute of Technology was named the best national value among more than 1,900 schools ranked and reviewed." 03-07
- -08-12-07 Hottest Colleges (MSNBC News)
"We've been particularly influenced by the views of high-school counselors, the people most in tune with what matters to the latest wave of college applicants."
"Some of these schools are large. Some are tiny. Some charge more than $40,000 a year and some only a tenth that amount. Some are celebrated, but one was completely unknown to us and several experts we consulted until a well-traveled counselor pointed it out. All the schools have strong programs that can change young lives for the better. Being hot for the moment is as good an excuse as any for applicants to see if one of them might be just right for them." 08-07
- -11-02-06 Clery Act History (SecurityonCampus.org)
"We learned that crime on campus was one of the best-kept secrets in the country. Until 1988, only four percent of America's colleges reported crime statistics to the FBI, or, generally speaking, to students, parents or anyone else." 11-06
- -11-02-06 Clery Act Requires Disclosure on Crimes on Campus (SecurityonCampus.org)
Describes what colleges and universities are reuired to provide to students, if asked. 11-06
Papers
- Admissions, Scholarships and Financial Aid Offices of Colleges (American Educational Guidance Center)
Provides email addresses and Web pages for colleges by state. Includes information on scholarships, financial aid, and admissions.
- Best Colleges for 2009 (U.S. News)
"U.S. News has collected data from more than 1,400 colleges to bring you this year's rankings. Start by selecting a discipline for access to our top program rankings." 01-09
- Best Medical Schools (U.S. News)
- Best Online Education for 2009 (U.S. News)
"Search our directory of schools offering courses, certificates, and degrees via the Internet and other distance-learning media:" 04-09
- Colleges and Careers Center (US News)
- Evolution of the College Dorm (Time.com)
"From the monastic rooms of world's first campuses to today's luxury residence halls, TIME examines the ever-changing ways that students live." 09-08
- Online Education Resources and Degrees (DistanceEducation.org)
Provides a listing of online degrees that can be obtained by subject. 11-08
- Preparing for College and Getting In (National Association of College Students)
Provides a checklist for preparing for college, suggestions on what do to on trial visits to colleges, and more.
- Search for Colleges (HowtoGetin.com)
"You can search for colleges by state, search for colleges by majors, or try our online college search."
- Top Colleges Serving Minorities (US News)
"But the very fact that McMickens's choice put him on the defensive captures in a nutshell the challenges that black colleges face. Once pretty much the only option for black students seeking higher education, black colleges today increasingly have to compete with other institutions for prize pupils. Prospective students, like the schools themselves, are struggling with how to weigh the unique traditions and culture that black colleges offer against the financial resources and elite rankings of white campuses." 09-07
- World's Best Universities (U.S. News)
"U.S.News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings, based on the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, identified these to be world's top universities in 2009."
- Worldwide Ranking of Colleges and Universities (U.S. News)
"U.S. News & World Report is proud to publish our first ever World's Best Colleges and Universities rankings. These rankings are based on data from the THE-QS World University Rankings, which were produced in association with QS Quacquarelli Symonds." 11-08
Periodicals
- College Fair by U.S. News and World Report
Projects
- Apply to College Electronically (Collegescape)
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