How Current and Prospective College Students and Their Parents View Important Trends in Higher Education Today
Get the inside scoop on the key trends and issues that students and parents are facing today in preparing for college, or managing the experience once they get there.
https://www.allianztuitioninsurance.com/2018-college-index
College Decisions Survey: Deciding to Go to College
Today, New America’s Education Policy Program released the first in a series of College Decisions Survey briefs that analyze new survey data about what prospective college students know about the college-going and financing process.
 https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/collegedecisions/
Major Influence: Where Students Get Valued Advice on What to Study in College
Strada Education Network and Gallup examined influential elements in how individuals choose their field of study. The resulting insights can help to better understand who or what sources provide advice to students and how useful that advice is perceived to be.
https://go.stradaeducation.org/major-influence
What Is a STEM Degree?
STEM degrees encompass a vast array of disciplines that are critical to driving innovation, solving complex problems, and advancing technology across various industries.
https://myliaison.com/what-is-a-stem-degree/
Need College Help
Needcollegehelp is a website dedicated to students, parents and the community who want the best information when it comes to selecting a college or career.
The Best Colleges
Our mission is to help you get the best education possible. We rank schools in your major so that you can make a smart college choice. Browse around our ratings and choose the colleges or universities that meet your needs.
http://www.thebestcolleges.org/
Kiplinger’s Best College Values
Sort and compare the 100 top values in public colleges and universities.
http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/
Online Colleges
Since online education began in the 1990s and really took off in the 2000s, it has evolved from a rarely-used educational supplement to a viable option not only for adult learners and full-time professionals, but also for first-time students. More schools are now catering to students who cannot or prefer not to attend classes in the traditional, on-campus setting. Students can now earn a fully online degree in nearly every field of study. In an increasingly technological world, it is important for students to learn the skills necessary for not only succeeding in school, but for thriving in the digital workforce. Our company strives to be your main resource in online education, whether you’re an experienced online learner, a current student, or are considering attending college online.
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/
College Data
Sign up for CollegeData (it’s free!) to learn how to prepare, apply, and pay for college!
Students Need More Information to Help Reduce Challenges in Transferring College Credits
Based on GAO’s analysis of the Department of Education’s (Education) most recently available data, an estimated 35 percent of college students transferred to a new school at least once from 2004 to 2009, and GAO found that students may face challenges getting information or advice about transferring course credits.
Top 10 Tips for Writing a Remarkable College Essay
You’ve taken the tests, requested the recommendations, completed the common app, and now it’s finally time to refocus on what you’ve been putting off: the essay. Remember that essay reveals something important about you that your grades and test scores can’t reveal – your personality. It can give admission officers a sense of who you are, what sets you apart from other talented candidates, as well as showcasing your writing skills. And mind, they spend only about three to five minutes actually reading essays. The Top 10 Tips for Writing a Remarkable College Essay Infographic will help you make the leap from “average” to “accepted”.
https://elearninginfographics.com/top-10-tips-writing-remarkable-college-essay-infographic
CollegeMapper
Welcome to CollegeMapper. You’re about to dive into the site I built based on 20 years of working to help students get into college. CollegeMapper will give you a timeline, designed specifically for you, in addition to a full suite of tools to help you create everything you’ll need for your college apps. Yay, college!
https://www.collegemapper.com/
CollegeNET
CollegeNET begins an experiment to give the next generation more say over who wins the money to advance through our educational system. If you are a student who needs a scholarship or you are a former student trying to pay off a loan, you can earn money by writing on topics in ways that persuade others to vote for you. And by voting, you can exercise control applying your judgment and values towards the collective choice of winners. If you are not enrolled in college, not planning to enroll, or have no student loan, you can’t win a scholarship on this site, but you can still post to the forums and have a voice through your votes.
College Summit
Annually serving 36,000 students in 9th through 12th grade, College Summit is the nation’s largest nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of low-income youth by connecting them to college and career.  College Summit uses peer leadership, custom curricula, real-time student performance data and technology to help get these high school students from low-income communities to and through college.
College Possible
We are idealistic leaders who believe the power of education, our students and our supporters can change the country. We coach low-income students toward college graduation and they prove, every day, that when college is possible anything is possible.
http://www.collegepossible.org/
College Track
College Track recruits students from underserved communities and works continuously with them from the summer before 9th grade through college graduation. Our 10-year program removes the barriers that prevent students from earning their college degree by providing them with comprehensive academic support, leadership training, financial and college advising, and scholarships. We teach our students the skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond.
Unigo
Find your perfect college. Get scholarships to help pay for it.
Cappex
College Search: Compare colleges, find tuition and admission information and discover your admission chances from more than 3,000 schools. Our school profiles include statistics and majors.
College Reviews: See what college students are saying about each school to learn more about their academics, extracurriculars and campus life. We currently feature more than 1.4 million reviews.
College Scholarships: Conduct a scholarship search to find the ones that match your strengths and skills best. Our scholarship directory has more than $11 billion.
The College Board
The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity.
Founded in 1900, the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education.
Trends in Higher Education
Trends in Student Aid and Trends in College Pricing provide the latest data and information on trends over time in student aid, tuition, and other expenses associated with attending college.
https://trends.collegeboard.org
Average Estimated Undergraduate Budgets, 2016-17
Tuition and fees constitute 39% of the total budget for in-state students living on campus at public four-year institutions and 21% of the budget for public two-year college students who pay for off-campus housing.
Top Colleges Doing the Most for Low-Income Students
To measure top colleges’ efforts on economic diversity, The Upshot created the College Access Index. It’s based on the share of students who receive Pell grants (which typically go to families making less than $70,000); the graduation rate of those students; and the price that colleges charge both low- and middle-income students.
Opening Doors
How Selective Colleges and Universities Are Expanding Access for High-Achieving, Low-Income Students.
https://www.jkcf.org/assets/1/7/JKCF_Opening_Doors.pdf
Raise me
Get scholarships from colleges for your achievements in high school.
UNCF
UNCF envisions a nation where all Americans have equal access to a college education that prepares them for rich intellectual lives, competitive and fulfilling careers, engaged citizenship and service to our nation.
My Scholly
If you want scholarships then you want Scholly. There is free money for college out there, and Scholly has helped students just like you win over $50 million in scholarship awards.
StudentScholarshipSearch.com
With one of the largest databases of scholarships online and a speedy scholarship matching tool, StudentScholarshipSearch helps students find scholarships that are most relevant to their background, field of study, sport, skill, interest, achievement, or other attribute. Whether you’re in grad school or were just accepted into college, we’ll have a match for you.
http://www.studentscholarshipsearch.com/
Chegg
Chegg Investor Relations
Chegg is the leading student-first interconnected learning platform, which is on-demand, adaptive, personalized, and backed up by a network of human help. It is the Smarter Way to Student and it is transforming the way millions of students learn by reconnecting the link between learning and earning through tools and services that support students throughout their educational journey. Our mission is simply to help students save time, save money, and get smarter in order to improve the overall return on educational investment.
https://investor.chegg.com/Overview/default.aspx
FastWeb
Access over 1.5 million scholarships to help you pay for college. Fastweb is your connection to scholarships, colleges, financial aid and more.
Scholarships.com
Find Free College Scholarships Now: Over 3.7 Million College Scholarships & Grants
Worth Around $19 Billion.
The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS)
An independent, nonprofit organization, the Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) works to make higher education more available and affordable for people of all backgrounds. By conducting and supporting nonpartisan research, analysis, and advocacy, TICAS aims to improve the processes and public policies that can pave the way to successful educational outcomes for students and for society.
University Ventures
University Ventures addresses these social and economic needs by partnering with colleges and universities to develop innovative degree programs, products and services.
http://universityventures.com/
How college loans exploit students for profit | Sajay Samuel
A Lost Decade in Higher Education Funding
A decade since the Great Recession hit, state spending on public colleges and universities remains well below historic levels, despite recent increases. Overall state funding for public two- and four-year colleges in the 2017 school year (that is, the school year ending in 2017) was nearly $9 billion below its 2008 level, after adjusting for inflation.
College Students May Survive, But How Do They Thrive? A Responsive Shift toward Student Retention
Download our guide to understand what you can do to help students thrive on your campus.
http://www.targetx.com/shift-toward-retention/
NAF
NAF is a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure high school students are college, career, and future ready.
College Infogeek
Welcome to College Info Geek. This blog is dedicated to helping you build a remarkable college career, which in turn will lead into an amazing life.
Allianz
Going to college is one of life’s great adventures. And, like any new experience, it can come with lots of questions. Our resource center is filled with practical advice and proven strategies to help students and parents alike — another part of our commitment to help your family protect the dream of a lifetime.
Resource Center
https://www.allianztuitioninsurance.com/resources
You Visit
YouVisit virtual experiences introduce colleges to prospective students. We’ve worked with hundreds of colleges and universities to create 1,000+ experiences that establish a sense of familiarity and belonging that increases physical campus visits, applications, and yield rate.
https://www.youvisit.com/education
Openstax College
OpenStax College offers students free textbooks that meet scope and sequence requirements for most courses. These are peer-reviewed texts written by professional content developers.
I’m a college student – Can Linkedin benefit me?
U101: Understanding College and College Life
College can be confusing and intimidating, but U101 can help. If you were just admitted to college and are nervous about what the next step in life might look like, this course is for you. If you are the parent of a newly admitted college student and curious about what college life is like, this course is also for you.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/college-life
College Drinking
Harmful and underage college drinking are significant public health problems, and they exact an enormous toll on the intellectual and social lives of students on campuses across the United States.
Click to access Collegefactsheet.pdf
Bill Gates shares 5 things he wishes he had heard at his graduation
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/05/bill-gates-advices-graduating-students/
What is worth? The Economic Value of College Majors
This report details the relationships between major, gender, race/ethnicity, attending graduate school, and earnings.
https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/whatsitworth-complete.pdf
Learning Lovers.org 