Online Resources - Career

Career Information

Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bld.gov/oco/

Jobweb
http://www.jobweb.org/

Employment Guide
http://www.employmentguide.com/

Job Options
http://www.joboptions.com/

Online Resources - Selecting and Applying

Selecting and Applying to Colleges

College View
http://www.collegeview.com/

CollegeLink
http://www.collegelink.com/

CollegeXpress
http://www.collegeexpress.com/

U.S. Universities and Community Colleges Page
http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

Go College
http://www.gocollege.com/

Community Colleges Web Search
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc

My College Guide
http://www.mycollegeguide.org/

Online Resources - General/Financial Aid

General/Financial Aid

Mapping Your Future
http://www.mapping-your-future.org/

FAFSA on the Web
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

PIN Registration
http://www.pin.ed.gov/

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.students.gov/

The Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.finaid.org/

NCAA Guide for the Student Athlete
http://www.ncaa.org/cbsa

Black Excel: The College Help Network
http://www.blackexcel.org/

Hispanic Scholarship Fund
http://www.hsf.net/

Online Resources - Planning

College Planning

The College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/

ACT
http://www.act.org/

Peterson’s
http://www.peterson.com/

Online Resources Intro

I have recently been inundated with requests for lists of great resources to help students and families that they can access whenever they have questions… The following few posts will cover various topics and areas with short lists of the best websites for your college prep needs…

Update Announcement!

Okay, so by now most of you have realized that it is the summer. With that you've probably noticed that school is out and most of the school planning has taken a hiatus for a while. Not that parents are any less concerned or that students' goals have somehow become unappreciated or irrelevant, but everyone needs a break every once and a while.

That being said, the blog will take a short summer break so I can both focus efforts elsewhere for a few weeks and it will return in all its glory as school starts again and there is a greater need and desire for the wonderful counsel you get here.

As always feel free to send in questions and stay tuned for any answers and posts that come in the mean time.

A Better Way: Part 8

How to Speed Up a Glacier

Those suggestions for parents are mere band-aids--they just show how to make the best of a bad set of choices--most brand-name colleges really do treat undergraduates unconscionably.

What could make colleges change? Fear of losing money. Colleges, even private colleges, get a huge chunk of money from the taxpayer. So, when colleges cry for more money, we the taxpayers should be answering, "Not until you provide a quality education, not until you transform dorms from Animal House into living-learning environments, not until you can show that your graduates really do grow enough to justify the enormous cost and time."