Character building And small colleges
Excellent summary of 405 exemplary colleges that "inspire students to lead ethical and civic minded lives". Worth a look on how the schools were evaluated. These items are what make a quality education. Of particular interest is the listing of schools which pay attention to helping students adjust to the personal freedom and responsibilities they experience during the first year of being away from home. The authors regularly list what they consider to be the top 100 colleges based on their criteria...if nothing else, this site gets you to thinking about what do you really want in a college.
Based on Loren Pope's groundbreaking work, check out the link on 20 myths that can jinx your college selection. If you look at only one link on this website, this better be it!
An offshoot of Colleges that Change Lives... Each college need sto meet the four pillars:
The complete listing of over 700 coleges that make the SAT optional.
Mother Jones magazine recently unveiled its latest survey of student activism on college campuses nationwide. Check out the last several years:
Religous Affiliations
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) supports the 28 Jesuit institutions of higher learning in the United States.
Links to selected colleges affiliated with the Baptist faith.
Listing of over 200 schools, mostly in the US and Canada, some in other countries. Excellent starting point if you are looking for schools affiliated with the Catholic faith.
Well designed site, you can search by name of school and other criteria. This site focuses on 100 member schools of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. I like this site for the search function, by major, denomination, degree, etc.
Focuses on universities with Jewiish affiliation.
Focuses on Lutheran affiliated schools. Many good links.
Focuses on the 102 Methodist-related two and four year schools in the US. Links to the 13 seminaries for studying towards the ministry, etc.
Focuses on the Presbyterian affiliated schools across the United States. Excellent starting point.
Cultural and Ethnic Considerations.
Since the founding of A Better Chance in 1963, our mission has rested on a single goal: to substantially increase the number of well-educated minority youth capable of assuming positions of responsibility and leadership in American society. A Better Chance works with students of color in sixth grade through college to help them gain access to broader educational and career opportunities.
The optimal site for all cultures
Great starting point if you are looking for stats on schools.
Good starting point for families seeking colleges with these special services.
Great starting point if you are looking for stats on schools.
The Pathways to College Network is a national alliance of organizations committed to using research-based knowledge to improve postsecondary education access and success for the nation’s underserved students, including underrepresented minorities, low-income students, those who are the first in their families to go to college, and students with disabilities.
The clearing house for African Americans. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the nation’s largest, oldest, most successful and most comprehensive minority higher education assistance organization.
Geographically specific college information
Campus Visit, Inc. is a program of Collegia, Inc., providing personalized travel assistance to thousands of Boston-bound families who visit each year specifically to shop for a college. It is a regional initiative uniting area colleges, the tourism industry and civic organizations. This program is part of a collaboration including 19 area colleges and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Uncluttered comprehensive site by Iowa's student financial aid organization. I like its concise calendars for planning your junior and senior college application activities.
Links to home pages of schools across the nation. If you look at only one link in this category, this should be it.
Use this site to get to homepages of Colorado Universities. Colorado schools offer top quality programs and are amongst some of the best values in the US! Plus you can't beat the beautiful surroundings!
Links to community college home pages nationwide. Students with disappointing GPAs need to strongly consider starting at a Community College. It's not where you start, it's where you finish.
Campus Central was formed to make sure the 17,000 college students in the region have easy access to all that Lancaster has to offer. As you’ll quickly learn… the more you know about Lancaster, the better your college experience will be.
Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: The College Guide
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/archive/colleges/index.htm
Sponsored by a MN publisher, good start for looking at schools in MN, Iowa, Wisconsin; linked to several major college resources mentioned elsewhere. Site is manageable, not overwhelming.
Excellent search tool if you want to look at all of the colleges in the Philadelphia region.
The CollegeCity is a regional initiative uniting area colleges, tourism, and government. Developed and managed by Collegia, Inc. in collaboration with Pittsburgh Council for Higher Education (PCHE) and the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, this program endorses the belief that attending college in a culture-rich region such as Pittsburgh, with multiple industries and a myriad of internship opportunities, enriches the college experience and better prepares a student for life beyond college.
By providing greater access to unique academic, personal and professional opportunities, a Northeast Ohio student can gain a more "complete" or "360°" education than he or she would receive elsewhere.
By Majors
(See also the section on Majors)
The co-op model which follows was developed by a national committee of experienced practitioners. The definition and essential characteristics were approved by the boards of the National Commission for Cooperative Education, Cooperative Education Association and the Cooperative Education Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Also included are a list of anticipated outcomes and five model variations for implementing co-op in colleges.
Peterson's listing of major culinary schools worldwide. After exploring these schools, I guarantee you will be starving!
American Bar Association site with links to all 185 law schools in the US.
Links to major US medical schools. It might not hurt to check out what is really needed to get admitted to medical school today.
Small collection of military related schools.
A searchable database of musics schools around the worl.d
Direct links to the music departments at universities and colleges and/or specialty music schools.
Direct links to the music departments at universities and colleges and/or specialty music schools.
Other
College Admissions Guide: Meta site
http://collegeapps.about.com/?once=true&
Another humongous site offering links to writing college essays and general college information. Try not to get lost in the "busyness" of this site.
Campus dailies of major colleges. One way to see what is really happening on a day to day basis at that college you are considering.
Kiplinger’s Top Values in Private Colleges
http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/managing/college/private/index.html
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine's latest ranking effort is a listing of private colleges and universities with a good mix of price and academic quality. Working with a group of 100 competitive (as defined by Peterson's) schools, Kiplinger's considered not only each school's "sticker price" (tuition minus grants, scholarships, etc.) but also the likelihood of a student receiving assistance, and how much. The resulting list of schools is Kiplinger's judgment of schools which are worth the price of admission.
Kiplinger’s Top Values in Public Colleges
http://kiplinger.com/php/college/2002/public.html
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine offers its ranking of the top 100 values in public, four-year institutions of higher education. According to Kiplinger's, these are "schools where students can graduate with a high-caliber education, but without a mortgage-size debt. This site was first published in 1998, and has been updated with more recent cost figures.
FastWEB.com
http://fastweb.com/
FastWeb has search capabilities and access to 700 online college applications.
Guide for Parents: Send Your Child to College
http://www.guideforparents.com/index.shtml
No frills site compiled by a New York librarian. Has a few links not listed here. Primary audience is parents.
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