College and Careers
College and Careers
Always the best place to start for quality resources. You will need to log in with your regular user name and password. Including:
Free Web Sites
Free Web Sites
Colleges
Colleges
Princeton Review: Find Your Dream School
Profiles and rankings."Dispelling popularly held myths and challenging the conventional wisdom about college choice ... Founded on a philosophy of building the knowledge, character and values of young people by introducing them to a personalized and transformative collegiate experience. Although the member colleges approach this challenge with varying perspectives, institutional missions, and pedagogical strategies, a student-centered mission is common to all campuses."Lots of good, hard data on admissions, finances, and more. From the National Center for Education Statistics.Also lots of good, hard data on admissions, finances, and more."Find out about colleges: their programs, costs, admissions, results, and more." From the U. S. Department of Education.From the Globe & Mail.Profiles of Canadian universities.Explore colleges and careers. From the College Board.MyinTuition College Cost Calculator
"MyinTuition is a tool that, in only three minutes, provides a personalized estimate of what it would cost an individual to attend college.""An interactive tool designed to help parents and students find the “right” college or university among thousands by using search criteria, such as desired location, price and size, to filter results.""It’s your junior year of high school. You want to go to college. You've heard your salary can be a lot higher if you have a bachelor's degree, but getting into a good school is difficult and finishing college is even harder. Do you know what it takes to find the right school, pay for it, declare your major and graduate on time?" -- From the Hechinger Report.Economic Diversity and Student Outcomes at America’s Colleges and Universities: Find Your College
From The New York Times.Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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Careers
Careers
The first stop for career information. From the U.S. Department of Labor.
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O*NET Online: Occupational Information Network
"Developed for the US Department of Labor by the National O*NET Consortium."From the U.S. Department of Labor.Occupational Mobility Explorer
In Exploring a Skills-Based Approach to Occupational Mobility, researchers from the Philadelphia and Cleveland Feds analyze the skills that employers request in the 33 largest metro areas and look for opportunities for workers to transfer their skills from one occupation to a similar — but higher-paying — occupation in the same labor market. This application is designed to make the findings interactive and wholly accessible to those interested in economic mobility.Projections Central: State Occupational Projections
"Projections of occupational employment growth are developed for all States and the nation as a whole. One of the most important uses of the projections is to help individuals make informed career decisions. Information on this site allows projected employment growth for an occupation to be compared among States. It also allows projected employment growth among occupations to be compared within one State."New York State Department of Labor
"CareerZone is an innovative online career exploration and planning system designed especially for today's high-tech youth in New York State. CareerZone presents current and relevant occupational and labor market Information in a clear and interesting way, making career exploration and planning fun and easy.""To inform students, parents, and educators as they discuss the Military as a career option."Back to Top