The College Board Online
The College Board is a national membership
association of schools and colleges devoted to guiding the transition from
secondary to higher education. It offers
programs, services, and information regarding scholastic assessment, guidance,
admission, placement, financial aid, curricula, and research.
ACT
Assessment
ACT
registration, practice questions, college search and financial aid information.
Educational Testing Service
(ETS)
The largest institution in the world that develops
achievement, admissions, and occupational placement tests for educational and
governmental bodies as well as business.
ETS is aimed at helping with decisions about education and careers. The site is constructed of several
areas. Among those most relevant to the
prospective college student are: admission to college, test registration, test
preparation, financial aid, and links related sites.
Kaplan Online
Kaplan Online includes information about its testing
centers, and full demonstrations of its online courses that prepare students
for the PSAT, SAT, GRE etc.
College
Search, financial aid, SAT preparation and related activities.
Petersons
College
search, financial aid, test preparation and related links
College
NET
College
Search, financial aid, scholarships, and links to related sites.
Essay
Edge
Application
essay editing service with helpful hints and links to related sites.
College
View
College
search, virtual tours, career center and financial aid information
Higher
Educational
links, financial aid and career links
www.christiancollegesearch.com
Provides
information about Christian colleges and universities. Links to www.Christiancollegementor.com,
a
Go
College
College
search, financial aid, test prep, free practice SAT & ACT, articles and
related information.
http://www.usmall.com/college/
A streamline search service connected to databases
for all
The University Pages
http://isl-garnet,uah.edu/Universities/universities.htm1
The University Pages site is an online tour of
universities and colleges across the
Independent Higher Education
Network
http://www.fihe.org/fihe/college/search/search.htm
The database of colleges and universities is
organized by state, and served through a clickable US map. Other areas on the site include: categorized lists of tips useful when
searching for and deciding on a college; regularly updated financial aid
information; and information distinguishing state school from private
institutions.
The College Prep Page
http://www.tpoint.net/Users/jewels/college.html
This site is an omnibus of various sources of
information for the prospective college student, including hot links to
colleges/university home pages and related sites, financial aid information,
and categorized archives of search tips.
Independent Higher Education
Logs
http://www.fihe.org/fihe/college/search/search.htm
Provide sheets that students can download and fill
out as they make progress in their search and application processes. Each log is a checklist and a guide to the
necessary and appropriate steps to take in several college-bound situations,
and a list of pointers about what to look for and what to make of what one has
seen.
News
Directory
Links
to college newspapers
The Financial Aid Information
Page (Fin Aid)
This
is a valuable resource for any aspect of higher education finances and
financial aid.
The Student Guide
http://www.ed.gov./prog
info/SFA/Student Guide/
This
is an essential and excellent guide to all forms of federal financial aid for
higher education.
Scholarship Foundation of
http://cen.cenet.com/sfa/afahome.htmi
Specializes in providing information on scholarships
and advising high school students on college choices and applying for the
relevant scholarships among those the Foundation monitors.
Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Interactive
web version of the FAFSA Form.
Expected
Family Contribution
Massachusetts
Educational Financing Authority website that estimates expected family
contribution.
FastWeb
A
free, searchable scholarship service with college search information.
The Student Guide
Financial
aid primer from the
Scholarship
Resource Network Express
More
than 8,000 programs and $35 million in awards.
Sallie
Mae
Sallie
Mae provides information on student loans, scholarships and grants.
Mapping
Your Future
Information
on financial strategies, career options and college planning.
For students and parents looking to finance a college/grad school education. Information on financial aid, student loans, consolidation, and a handy loan comparison tool.
Simple Tuition
http://www.simpletuition.com
Directory of Programs in Jewish Studies
www.ajsnet.org/programs.php
The efforts described here represent a broad range of approaches used by institutions of higher education as part of their comprehensive approach to alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention. Also included are descriptions of statewide initiatives and prevention organizations.
http://www.higheredcenter.org/ideasamplers
