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International Student Card
The ISE International Student Exchange ID Card for people aged 12 - 26 with hundreds of discounts for travel services including student discount air fares and medical assistance. (Provider: ISE)

Rail Europe
Heading from the USA to tour Europe? Don't miss out on discount rail travel in up to 17 European countries with options like the classic Europass®, with travel in five countries from as little as $250 US. Just purchase a Rail Europe card in advance. (provider: Rail Europe)
The London Pass
The modern way to experience England's capital in the new millennium The London Pass gives you FREE entry to over 50 favourite attractions as well as travel on public transport and you can BEAT THE QUEUE at selected attractions and get discounts at restaurants and theatres, free guided tours at major museums. The card entitles you to $600 of entry fees from just $20 a day. Attractions include London Zoo, Windsor Castle, Eton College, The Tower of London and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. (provider: London Pass)

The New York Pass
For just $42 a day, the New York Pass includes admission to 40 top attractions including the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, The Guggenheim, The Museum of Modern Art, Madison Square Garden All Access Tour and many more, plus travel, a comprehensive guidebook and retail and restaurant discounts including Bloomingdale's and the Hard Rock Cafe. (provider: New York Pass)

Spain Card
SpainCard is the discount card for all Spain. Get the best out of your Spanish holidays while saving money! you can buy either a 3 or 12 month card then enjoy you enjoy substantial discounts from numerous prestigious and famous establishments. Discounts includes up to 50% off hotels, 35% off car rentals, restaurants, rural tourism, tourist attractions, sightseeing, sports, leisure and cultural activities and shops. SpainCard is accepted by the leaders of the Spanish tourism industry. (provider: Spain Card)

Study Abroad:
Institute of International Education
Opportunities for college students to study abroad.

ShawGuides
Links to programs offering foreign study and educational programs in cooking, photography, language, sports, writing and cultural learning.

Studyabroad.com
Links to websites of organizations providing opportunities to study in a foreign country.

2004 Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid
College information and websites, financial aid and scholarship information.

Peterson's Educational Portal
Search for a college or graduate school, liberal arts or specific program. Information about admissions essays, test preparation and studying abroad.

students.gov
Learn how to plan and pay for your education from the U.S. Government.

· Academic360.com - Meta-collection of Internet resources that have been gathered for the academic job hunter by Dan Knauft, University of Texas at Austin. (Formerly known as Jobs in Higher Education.)

· ACT Home Page - "ACT Assessment, or "A-C-T" as it is commonly called, is a national college admission examination." Site highlights include College Codes, Sample Test Questions, and Test Taking Strategies.

· AdmissionsOffice.com - Site for college-bound high school juniors and seniors, and their parents

· Amazon.com - Some titles to consider purchasing: Best 357 Colleges, College Cost & Financial Aid Handbook, College Handbook (College Board), College Board Index of Majors & Graduate Degrees, Complete Book of Colleges (Princeton Review Series), Fiske Guide to Colleges, Insider's Guide to the Colleges, edited by the Yale Daily News, Kaplan Scholarships, Peterson's Four Year Colleges, Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges Scholarship Handbook, Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges, The Best Way to Save for College: A Complete Guide to 529 Plans, Standard & Poor's Guide to Saving and Investing for College and J.K. Lasser's Winning Ways to Save for College.

· American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

· American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

· American Association of Community Colleges

· American Association of University Professors (AAUP) - Press Releases, and information on chapters, conferences and meetings.

· American Council on Education - With Member Directory

· American Field Service - "Non-profit volunteer based educational organization offering exchanges for students, young adults and teachers in over 50 countries around the world."

· American Universities - Mike Conlon

· American-Scandinavian Foundation - Organization that promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

· AmeriCorps - "Program that allows people of all ages and backgrounds to earn help paying for education in exchange for a year of service." (Corporation for National Services)

· ARIN: Whois - Input the name of a college or university and find its IP number and address. (Although the IP number won't necessarily bring you to the college's web site.)

· AScribe - Provides journalists and the public with access to news from U.S. academic institutions, research centers, foundations, public-policy groups and other nonprofit organizations. Offers LiveNewswire with news releases that have been issued during the last 7 days. For more about AScribe, see Matt Richtel's article, A News Service Caters to Nonprofit Groups in the August 7, 2000 New York Times (free registration).

· Asia's Best Universities - Asiaweek

· Association for Institutional Research - Has a section of Internet Resources for Institutional Research

· Association of American Colleges & Universities

· Association of American Medical Colleges - With directory of Medical Schools of the U.S. and Canada.

· Association of Canadian Community Colleges

· Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

· Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada - Includes a Directory of Canadian Universities.

· Baseball America Online: College Baseball

· Best Business Schools - Business Week

· Binge Drinking on Campus: Results of a National Study - Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. Published by the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. You can also search the ERIC Database for binge-drinking to locate journal citations.

· Campus Newspapers on the Internet - Daily Beacon, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

· CampusTours - Virtual campus tours of U.S. colleges & universities.

· Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)

· Canadian Universities/Universités Canadiennes - Chris Redmond, University of Waterloo.

· Catholic College Search - National Catholic College Admission Association.

· Cavalier Daily Online - University of Virginia paper has Archives back to 1996. (There's an article on Faculty Salaries in the April 28, 1999 issue which lists 1999-00 Faculty Salaries.)

· TheCenter Research Universities Ranking - Gainesville Florida research enterprise is known for its ranking of the Top American Research Universities.

· Chronicle of Higher Education - Academe Today - There's also an Information Technology section.

· College and Character - John Templeton Foundation has put online the Templeton Guide: Colleges that Encourage Character Development. The guide "profiles 405 exemplary college programs in ten categories that inspire students to lead ethical and civic-minded lives, as well as 50 college presidents selected for their leadership in this area and 100 colleges named to the Templeton Honor Roll." Search colleges alphabetically, by state, or by highlighted program - programs include Substance Abuse Prevention, Character and Sexuality and Spiritual Growth.

· College and University Home Pages - Christina DeMello's alphabetical and geographical listing, international in scope

· College and University Rankings - Annotated compilation of links to graduate and undergraduate Internet resources provided by the Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

· College Board Online - Register online for the SATs. Site includes Scholarship Search, College Search, Financial Aid Calculators, a Code List Search for College Board code numbers for high schools and colleges, and College Board Test Dates. There's also an AP (Advanced Placement) page with a FAQ page.

· College Athletics - Official colors and nicknames for over 3,600 colleges.

· College Cash: Tax-free savings for higher education - By Less Antman, C.P.A.Harvard Magazine, New England Regional Edition, November-December 2001.

· College Fight Songs Homepage - Trevor D. Barnes

· College is Possible: American Council on Education - Coalition of America's Colleges and Universities.

· CollegeJournal - Wall Street Journal publication for college students offers feature articles on graduate schools and job hunting.

· College News Online - "Free campus newswire and student service dedicated to meeting the Internet needs of students, graduates and others interested in higher education." The site indexes about 400 student-run and campus newspapers.

· College Nicknames - Adam Joshua Smargon

· College Opportunities On-Line (COOL) - Direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States.You can search for a college based on its location, program, or degree offerings either alone or in combination. (Provided by the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education.)

· College Savings: Coverdell Education Savings Accounts; 529 Plans; custodial accounts (UGMA and UTMA);

· College Sports News Daily

· College Town Issues - Information about issues related to student and year-round residents living and working together in college towns.

· CollegeLink - Information about financial aid and planning for college.

· CollegeNET - Over 500 colleges and universities have contracted with them to serve their official web-based admissions applications.

· CollegeView - Search for colleges, universities, scholarships and financial aid.

· Collegeways - "Provides retention resources for individuals and educational institutions."

· Collegiate Choice Walking Tours - Videos of actual student guided campus tours offered at over 330 colleges and universities. Videos are $15 with an additional $6 for shipping. They also offer advice on campus visits, application essays, SATS and links to other resources.

· Collegiate Directories - National Directory of College Athletics.

· Common Application

· Community College Web - Maricopa Community College District provides this searchable index of over 1,000 community colleges web sites in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere around the world.

· Community College Week

· Computer Policy and Law - Offers a Policy Collection from many institutions and links to On-Line Resources.

· Council for International Exchange of Scholars - Fulbright Senior Scholar Program

· The Dartmouth - America's oldest college newspaper began publication in 1799.

· Digital Diploma Mills: the Automation of Higher Education - David F. Noble, First Monday, Vol.3 No.1 - January 5th. 1998..

· Diversity Web - Interactive research hub for higher education. Also offers the Diversity Digest, a Quarterly newsletter published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities

· Dynamic Syllabi for American Studies - American Studies Crossroads Project, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

· Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)

· eCollegebid - "Where you bid for a college education." (See October 5th articleWeb site gets colleges bidding for students in the San Jose Mercury News.)

· Educaid - "Comprehensive information about education loans and other aspects of financial aid for high school students, guidance counselors, and college financial aid administrators" from First Union.

· Edu.com - This useful U.S. News & World Report site features annual rankings of 1,400 American colleges, a searchable database with "up-to-date admission, academic and financial aid information", a College Comparison Worksheet and a Career Center. The 2001 College Rankings is an excellent resource and the College Search option allows you to "to find schools according to the following criteria: location, distance from home, cost, size, selectivity, major, student/faculty ratio, academic programs, single sex/coed, religious affiliation, setting, diversity, ranking, extracurriculars, and sports."

· Education Funding - Prudential site allows you to calculate the cost of your child's college education.

· Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) - National Library of Education

· Educational Testing Service (ETS)

· EDUCAUSE - "International, nonprofit association whose mission is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management." Provides access to full-text articles of current and past issues of EDUCAUSE Review and EDUCAUSE Quarterly (in pdf format). Offers a Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus.

· Embark.com - Site's goal is to "streamline the higher education admissions process for all involved parties, from students of all ages to university administrators and high school guidance counselors." Offers online storage for applications in progress (free registration).

· FAFSA on the Web - U.S. Department of Education's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). For which you'll also need the Title IV School Code Search. Another helpful page is the FAFSA page is provided by the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education which allows you to print the form (requires Adobe Acrobat).

· FastWEB - Search service for financial aid and scholarships

· Fathom - "First interactive knowledge site" is an online partnership with Columbia University, the York Public Library, the British Library, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Cambridge University Press, RAND, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Natural History Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Science Museum.

· FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page - National Association of Financial Aid Administrators

· Fishnet College Guide

· FREIDA - Acronymn for Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database, this database contains "information on approximately 7,500 graduate medical education programs that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), as well as on 200 combined specialty programs. By defining and prioritizing various selection criteria, you can select several programs or focus on a specific program for viewing." (American Medical Association.)

· FreSch! - Scholarship database allows you to search over 1775 sources.

· Fulbright Program - U.S. State Department

· Fulbright Web

· Funding Your Education: 199701998 - U.S. Department of Education

· Gate Education Loans

· Graduate School Guide - Doctoral, Masters & professional degree programs.

· Graduate School Rankings - U..S. News & World Report.

· GRE Online

· GreekPages.com - Fraternity and sorority website.

· Harvard Crimson Online - Provides the same articles featured in its print counterpart, plus an interactive calendar of events, student forums, and selected links to other regional and world information. There is also an archive to back issues from June 1997 onward.

· Harvard National Model United Nations

· Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention

· Higher Education in the Nordic Countries

· Higher Education Services Corporation - Provides students and families with access to financial aid in New York State. Paying for College is a comprehensive list of state, federal and private grants, loans and scholarships, including the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) which provides a list of New York school codes and a downloadable TAP Change form.

· Hillel: Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

· Information for Financial Aid Professionals - "An electronic library for financial aid professionals containing publications, regulations, and guidance regarding the administration of the Title IV Federal Student Financial Aid Programs."

· HockeyPoint: Daily Internet Newsletter on Women's College Field Hockey

· Institute of International Education - Listings of over 4,000 academic year or short-term study abroad programs. Has information on the IEE Passport and programs administered by IEE. (With site index.)

· Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System - "Institutional-level data that can be used to describe trends in higher education at the institutional, state and/or national levels."

· ILRG: Law School Information Index - Internet Legal Research Group

· Intercollegiate Tennis Association

· JobWeb - National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

· John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletic issues Reports on college sports, including A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education released in June 2001 (in pdf format).

· Kaplan Educational Centers

· Kiplinger.com: Managing College - In their 100 Best Values in Public Colleges you can sort the schools by overall rank, cost, quality measures or financial aid measures.

· Law School Admission Council - Official LSAT site

· Korean American Scholarship Foundation

· LevelEdge - Sports recruiting management portal for coaches, recruiters, student-athletes and their parents founded by Lisa Henderson.

· List of Defaulted Borrowers - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) site names doctors who have defaulted on their student loans. Lists by amount due, discipline, name, school or state.

· MSN Update: Going to College

· Maclean's 1998 Universitiy Rankings: Measuring Excellence - Guide to Canadian colleges and universities with directory.

· MentorNet - Subtitled the National Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science, this nonprofit organization pairs women studying science and engineering with with professional scientists and engineers working in industry.

· MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching - "Free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students in higher education. With a continually growing collection of online learning materials, peer reviews and assignments, MERLOT helps faculty enhance instruction."

· Minority On Line Information System (MOLIS)

· NAFSA: Association of International Educators

· National Association of College Admission Counseling -Their OnlineCollegeFair will offer 10 online virtual College Fairs from October to April, with real-time chats with college admission officials.

· National Association of College Stores

· National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

· National Science Foundation: Division of Science Resources Statistics

· National Teaching and Learning Forum - With site map, Teaching and Learning Grant Opportunities, Library and Interactive Faculty Salary Database with Salaries and Tenure of Full-time Instructional Faculty, 1996-97.

· NCAA Online! - National Collegiate Athletic Association

· Nellie Mae's Loan Link

· New York's College Savings Program

· New York State Education Department Office of Higher Education - With information on Colleges and Universities in New York State.

· News Directory: College Locator

· OnlineCollegeFair -10 online virtual College Fairs will be held, from October to April, with real-time chats with college admission officials. Sponsored by the National Association of College Admission Counseling.

· Overseas School Codes - Indiana University Office of Admissions

· New York Times: College - Updated daily, this special section provides free access to New York Times articles (no registration required) of interest to college students and faculty. The pull-down menu allows you to browse by subject. You can search the archive for over 500,000 articles dating back to January 1, 1996. Articles from the last 7 days are free, as are all reviews back to 1996.

· Oak Ridge Associated Universities - "ORAU promotes collaborative partnerships with universities, federal laboratories, and industry for the benefit of our 86 member institutions." With Membership List alphabetical and by state.

· Peterson's Education Center - Includes searchable sections on private schools, undergraduate and graduate study, studying abroad, distance learning and summer programs for kids. Their CollegeQuest Gateway allows students to search for schools and apply online (free registration).

· PhinisheD - "Discussion and support group for people who cannot seem to finish their dissertations or theses."

· Phonebook Gateway - Over 300 phonebook servers registered on the master list of servers maintained at Northwestern University by John Norstad.

· Preparing Your Child for College - Resource Book for Parents, 1996-1997 edition, U.S. Department of Education

· Princeton Review

· Private Colleges & Universities

· Project EASI - Financial Aid information from the U. S. Department of Education.

· Radio-Locator - Find radio station by format, location, call letters.

· Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change - 1995 National Research Council report rates 41 graduate programs.

· Rhodes Scholarships - Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust provides scholarship information, regulations, applications, university representatives, a bulletin board and biographical information on the past three years of scholars.

· Sallie Mae - Student Loan Marketing Association; information on scholarships, grants and student loans

· Sallie Mae Financial Aid Calculators

· Savingforcollege - Provides information on the Qualified Tuition Program (529 plan).

· Secrets of the SAT - Frontline.

· Security on Campus - Non-profit organization devoted to safer college and university campuses for students. Has a useful collection of links to College and University Campus Crime Statistics and to College and University Campus Police Web Sites. (See also Campus Crime and Security at Postsecondary Education Intstitutions and International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.)

· State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGS) - Provides a section on Student Programs and links to state PIRGS.

· Stop the madness: Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout - Maura Kelly, Salon, Dec. 15, 2000.

· Street & Smith's College Lacrosse

· Student Aid Alliance - Coalition of 58 organizations representing students and colleges and universities.

· Student Guide 1999-2000 - Comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. It covers the Department's major aid programs, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and PLUS Loans (Loans for Parents).

· Students.gov - Mission of this site is "to give college students, college-bound students, and their families easy access to the information and services they need from the U.S. Government and selected non-government web sites."

· Student Leader - "The magazine for America's most outstanding students"

· Students.Gov - Student gateway to the U.S. government.

· Textbooks.com - Buy new and used textbooks online, with buyback program. (Division of Barnes & Noble.) Other textbook sites include Bigwords, eCampus, efollet, StudentMarket.com and VarsityBooks.

· SUNY Employment

· T. Rowe Price College Investment Calculator

· Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund - With links to Member Schools.

· Title IV School Code Search - Needed for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

· TOEFL Online - Official Web site for Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) programs and services. (Developed by Educational Testing Service.)

· Top Business Schools - Provides links to the home pages of all schools in the annual Business Week and U.S. News & World Report Top 25 rankings of U.S. business schools. (Provided by Baker Library, Harvard Business School.)

· Tuck B-Schools Page - List of Business Schools maintained by the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

· 2005 Law School Rankings - Top-Law-Schools.com

· Universities Worldwide - Links to 5065 Universities in 147 countries compiled by Klaus Förster, Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck.

· University Search Page - American Historical Review provides links to campus directory search engines.

· U-Wire - Campus news (includes Sports, Editorials, Research and Arts & Culture.) Provides links to campus newspaper homepages.

· United Negro College Fund

· United University Professions (UUP) - Union representing academic and professional faculty on 29 SUNY campuses.

· University Links - Schools listed by state and type

· University Pages - Greg Davis's directory of colleges and universities in the U.S.

· U.S. News & World Report 2001 College Rankings

· United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs - Has information for International Students who wish to study in the U.S. as well as for U.S. Students who wish to travel abroad.

· William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans - U.S. Department of Education

· Wired Colleges 2001: the Hot 200 - Yahoo! Internet Life provides rankings for the top wired colleges. (See also Controversial 'Most Wired' List Includes Colleges That Declined to Participate, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 13, 2001.)

· World Lecture Hall - Free online course materials from around the world. Maintained by the Center for Instructional Technologies, a unit of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment at the University of Texas at Austin.

· Yale Daily News - The paper is searchable and provides access to two sets of archives: October 1997 to the present and February 1995 to November 1998.

· Yahoo: Colleges and Universities - Links to American colleges and universities.

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