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General
Issues
 Education Resources
Information Center - ERIC
Educator's Reference Desk
All
Academic - the guide to free academic resources on-line
Inside
Higher Ed - the online source
for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education
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Organizations
College Board - founded in 1900, the
College Board is a national membership association of schools and colleges
whose aim is to facilitate the student transition to higher education.
Middle
States Commission on Higher Education - accredits degree-granting
colleges and universities in the Middle States region.
European
University Association - represents and supports higher education
institutions in 46 countries
Education
Policy Center - Michigan State University
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Data
& Statistics
National
Center for Education Statistics - the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing
data related to education in the United States and other nations.
Academic
Libraries Information Center - IPEDS & ALS
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College
Information
College Navigator - U.S.
Department of Education
America's
Best Colleges - college rankings by U.S. News and World Report
Carnegie Classification of Higher
Education - searchable, 2000 version.
The
Education and Career Center - Peterson's Guide
Critical Comparisons of American
Colleges and Universities - an independent college assessment reference
College and University Profiles
- the Chronicle of Higher Education
GraduateSchool.com
- the Graduate School Search Engine
Ivy League - members,
history, etc.
Online Colleges Database -
tuition, size
Rate My Professors
Accredited Schools Online
- rankings, accreditation, and resources
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Financial Aid & Scholarship
Financial
Aid - sources of scholarship, fellowship, and many other kinds of
financial aid.
Guaranteed Scholarships -
the scholarships listed on this page are all guaranteed.
FastWeb - over $1 billion in scholarships
WiredScholar - apply for student loans online
Fulbright
Scholar Program - managed by the Council for International Exchange of
Scholars (CIES)
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Tests & Tools
The
Princeton Review - online practice exams: S.A.T., G.M.A.T.
Kaplan
Educational Center - a unit of the Washington Post.
Educational
Testing Service - P.S.A.T., S.A.T., L.S.A.T., and G.M.A.T.
Tests
- Test.com features the Internet's largest collection of instantly scored
tests. Practice for the SAT, GRE, TOEFL, and many more academic entrance
exams online. In addition, it offers exams on Civil Service, programming,
etc. You can even create a test online.
LSAT Prep Materials
- Law School Admission Council
Calibrated
Peer Review (CPR) - a free
web-based written assignment tool
Exam Focus - Based in Morrisville, NC, the site offers practice tests on
standard tests
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Helpers
Vocabulary
- helps prepare for the SSAT, PSAT, GED, SAT, and ACT. It supplements
personal vocabulary acquisition in home-schooling and ESL programs.
B.J.
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - math, science, English, history, music,
almost every subject.
HomeworkHelper - formerly known as the Super Tutor
Company.
Ed
Helper - math, reading comprehension
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Word A Day - a free email service by Wordsmith.Org
Rhyme
Zone - find a word's rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more
On this
Day - research on your birthday, New York Times Archive
Writers Free Reference - a
list of free reference sites useful to writers
The
Planetary Society - your connection to the exploration of the solar
system and the search for life in the universe.
Click
and Learn (.org) - for teachers & students
Click
and Learn (.com) - Blank / Blackline Maps (Free to Teachers)
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For Teachers
The
Educator's Reference Desk - ERIC, Lesson Plans, and Question Archive.
Lesson Plans - home of the largest
collection of lesson plans on the Internet (over 300)! Math, Science, Social
Studies, Music, Art, Language Arts, P. E.
BigChalk - a wide range of subjects.
The History Guide - created by
Steven Kreis, a history professor at Meredith College. The site looks at the
development of Western civilization from 40,000 B.C. to the present.
Recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education (09/28/99, electronic version).
History Matters - the U.S.
survey course on the Web. George
Mason University.
Facts
On File Curriculum Resource Center - (from York IP addresses only)
Fulbright
U.S. Scholar Program - administrated by the Council for International
Exchange of Scholars
Open Courseware Consortium - a
free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials,
organized as courses.
Courses Listing - Open
Courseware, University of Notre Dame
Syllabus Finder - Daniel
J. Cohen
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Online Schooling
Class.com
- quality education over the Internet to learners worldwide
Blackboard
- e-Learning at more than 3,300 colleges, schools, associations, and
companies - in every state and 70 countries.
Textbooks
Textbooks - new and used textbooks by
BigWords.com
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