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General Sites for Higher Education

• Associations and Societies in the area of Higher Education
• The Community College Web contains over 1300 community college sites and almost 200 related resource
  sites.
  
• ERIC Database Search Tutorial for the ERIC database at Syracuse (http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/adv_search.shtml)
• HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE NETWORK
  Includes links to the Thesaurus, Searching and Indexing policies.

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College Rankings

• College and University Rankings List of sites and cavaets
• Princeton Review's Best 331 Colleges Ranked by Students 
• U.S. News Rankings-graduate schools 
• U.S. News Rankings - undergraduate schools 
• Washington Monthly Article on College Rankings

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Financial Aid for Colleges
• Apple Book for New England Residents Annual catalog of the New England Regional Student Program and lists all eligible degree programs, the institutions that offer them and residents of which New England states may enroll as RSP students.
  
• Fast Web: Online Scholarship Search (fastWEB) The Internet's largest free scholarship service
• FinAid "The SmartStudentTM Guide to Financial Aid"
• Financial Aid/Scholarships and Fellowship Reference From the Internet Public Library.
• Financial Aid Services  The College Board Links.
• UMass Amherst Office of Financial Aid Services Home Page Provides information on how to apply for financial aid. Describes types of aid available as well as student employement opportunities.

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Guides to Colleges

• College and University Guides Reference Lists of resources, including publications, guides, listings etc.
• CollegeNET  1500 customized Internet admissions applications built for college and university programs.
• College Source Online  Requires a UMASS OIT account.
• College Times Web (from the New York Times) Times articles by subject and information about career planning and colleges;
• Graduate School Directory Over 49,000 listings of graduate school programs.
• School Guides 
• Peterson's Education Center  Search for all levels of education/schools.

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Study Abroad

• Center for International Education - UMass 
• Education International Worldwide
• International Colleges Listings
• JobWeb: Resources for International Students
• Overseas Jobs Express 
• Postgraduate Guides MBA directory
• Study Abroad Programs 

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

• American Universities and Colleges
• College and University Home Pages
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education
• New England Board of Higher Education Includes New England Colleges and Universities.
• Research Meta-Index for Higher Education

 

For some general Education Internet sites see Internet Links