| Choosing
the Right School for You
A guide to choosing the right school to meet your
career goals.
In your career getting and
continuing your education and training will be
critical for your entry into a career field and
your advancement. You can choose many different
paths to continue and advance your education.
One path is to earn a degree, certificate, or
diploma from a four or two-year college, career
college or technical school. With so many schools
to choose from, it's important that you know the
kinds of questions to ask before making a decision
and enrolling. This guide provides on how to choose
the right school and program for you.
| Career
Education Links |
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Especially
for Students
From
the US Department of Education
The United States Department of Education
provides a website with a number of
resources for high school to graduate
students to adult learners and everyone
in between. Sections of the site include:
Preparing for My Future (focusing
on College or getting a job, skill
or trade), Finding & Paying for
College, Graduate Study & Adult
Learning, Graduate School Resources,
Return to School Resources, and International
Education. |
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Mapping
Your Future
From
Mapping-Your-Future.org
Mapping Your Future is a public-service,
nonprofit web site providing career,
college, financial aid, and financial
literacy information and services
to students, their families, and schools.
The site provides helpful information
for students and families as they
consider college, financial aid, careers,
and financial literacy options. |
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Adventures
in Education
Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan Corporation
Adventures In Education
(AIE) is a nonprofit, public benefit
program developed by the Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan Corporation that helps
students plan and complete their journey
through higher education. It provides
v aluable information on developing
career goals, finding the right school,
and financing your education for students,
parents, counselors, and educators
and encourages individuals to discover
and pursue educational opportunities.
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College
Opportunities Online (COOL)
From
the US Department of Education
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line
provides a direct link to nearly
7,000 colleges and universities
in the United States. If you are
thinking about a large university,
a small liberal arts college, a
specialized college, a community
college, a career or technical college
or a trade school, you can find
them all here. It helps you find
out about a specific college or
set of colleges, if you have some
in mind. You can also
name
the colleges and obtain information
about them.
If
you are not sure what colleges might
be of interest, IPEDS COOL has the
tools to help you search for a college.
You can search for a college based
on its location, program, or degree
offerings either alone or in combination.
The more criteria you specify, the
smaller the number of colleges that
will fit your criteria. Once you've
found some colleges of interest,
you can obtain important and understandable
information on all of them.
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Database
of Institutions and Programs Accredited
by Recognized United States Accrediting
Organizations
From
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
(CHEA)
The Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA) database lists
approximately 7,000 degree-granting
and non-degree-granting institutions
and over 17,000 programs that are
accredited by United States accrediting
organizations that have been recognized
either by CHEA or by the United States
Department of Education (USDE) or
both. Each accrediting organization’s
list of institutions or programs is
prefaced by a brief description of
the accredited status of the institutions
or programs on the list and the year
for which the list is accurate. The
information in the CHEA database was
supplied by the accrediting organizations |
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The
Distance Education & Training
Council (DETC)
From
The Distance Education and Training
Council
The Distance Education and Training
Council sponsors a nationally recognized
accrediting agency called the "Accrediting
Commission of the Distance Education
and Training Council." On this
site you can find accredited degree
granting, postsecondary, military
and high schools whose courses are
primarily taught through distance
education. You can also do a search
by subjects taught. In order to find
the various programs go to "Accredited
Institutions" section. |
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Community
College Finder
From
the American Association of Community
Colleges
Community colleges
are two year post-secondary institutions
that offer certificate programs, Associate
of Arts degree, Associate of Sciences
degrees, plus many other programs.
This site contains a searchable index
to the web sites for community colleges
in the United States, Canada, and
elsewhere around the world. The interface
we set up allows you to search geographically
by state. |
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4
International Colleges & Universities
(4icu.org)
From
4 International Colleges & Universities
4
International Colleges & Universities
is a international education directory
of worldwide Universities and Colleges.
4icu.org includes 7000 Colleges and
Universities in 200 countries and
is a starting point to find post-secondary
education organizations and to study
abroad. |
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USDA
Grad School
From
the USDA
Don't be fooled by
the name. The Graduate School offers
career-related and continuing education
courses to professionals and federal,
state and local employees throughout
the country. The School annually enrolls
200,000 students in nearly 1000 courses,
which are available in a variety of
subjects and convenient formats including
Daytime, evening and weekend classes,
correspondence, self-study and online
courses, leadership development programs
and certificate programs |
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Think
College Early
From
the
US Department of Education
You? Think about college
now in middle school or junior high?
Yes! This is how this site starts
off in the student section. It is
a site that encourages young people
to start thinking about college and
their career early. It has career
awareness resources in the "Your
Mind Is Your Ticket to the Future"
so students can see what they might
discover about themselves! They can
also check out the "Jobs and
Education" section for more ideas
of how what you learn relates to what
you earn! |
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| Inspiration
for You |
"Don't
fear failure so much that you refuse to
try new things. The saddest summary of
a life contains three descriptions: could
have, might have and should have."
-
Louis Boone
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Dream
what you want to dream; go where you want
to go; be what you want to be, because
you have only one life and one chance
to do all the things you want to do.
-
Author Unknown
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The
man who reaches the top is the one who
is not content with doing just what is
required of him. He does more. Every man
should make up his mind that if he expects
to succeed, he must give the honest return
for the other man's dollar.
-
Harriman
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