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With over 3,000 colleges and universities in America , helping your child to find the right “fit” can be daunting! Use these online match-up services to narrow down the search, then, check out the sites and books listed below for valuable tips on visiting and selecting schools.
Search Engines
College Parents of America Exclusives!
- CollegeView.com Hobsons' Quick College Search CollegeView.com®, Hobsons' fully interactive College Search Tool provides college-bound students, their parents, and high-school counselors a wealth of information about 5,044 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. It features easy navigation and an enhanced user experience, allowing you to search by region, state, major, and school type to find the college of your choice.
- What Will They Learn?This free college guide website allows you to see which universities are making sure their students learn what they need to know. By focusing on seven key areas of knowledge, it's designed to help you decide whether the colleges you're considering prepare their graduates to succeed after graduation.
- Undergrad programsA handy tool for learning which colleges offer the specific areas of study in which your child may be interested.
- Black Colleges and UniversitiesProfiles of 117 historically Black American colleges and universities with all the information needed to choose the best for your child.
- Career CollegesA list of institutions offering courses ranging from Accounting to Word Processing.
- Distance Learning ProgramsA list of institutions that offer distance learning programs.
The College Selection Process
College Parents of America Exclusives!
- Campus Visits Dos and Don'ts Spring is a great time for high school juniors to visit college campuses. Here are some "Dos & Don'ts" that students and their parents need to know before visiting universities.
- Where the Boys Aren't Boys are indeed losing ground to girls when it comes to attending or graduating from a college or university. This article begins to address why that is the case.
- Future College Parents Expect to be Involved Future college parents expect to be more involved than their current college parent counterparts in the key college concerns of their children, according to a comparison of two Spring 2007 surveys conducted by College Parents of America.
- College Success Without Ivy Trappings Harvard schmarvard. Some of America's most successful leaders - in the fields of business, government and entertainment - don't have an Ivy League pedigree. Read on to learn more about what Warren Buffett, Colin Powell and Oprah Winfrey have in common.
- Don't Despair, There is a College for EveryoneWhile highly selective colleges get lion's share of publicity, many colleges are simply trying to fill beds.
- CollegeView.com: One of Best Search Sites AroundOur friends and partners at Hobson's have created a user-friendly, college search site chock full of comparative data.
- What to Expect When you Attend Parent OrientationSome of the things parents can hope to come away with after a Parent Orientation program.
- College Parents as "Informed Consumers"An article on the importance of being an informed college parent.
- A Parents Guide to Assessing Campus SecurityThoughtful advice and a comprehensive checklist to evaluate the safety of college campuses.
- Rights and Responsibilities in College AdmissionsA summary of the Statement of Principles of Good Practice from the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC).
- College Parents of America Survey Shows Strong Parent-Student Connection in College Search and SelectionA national survey of future college parents shows that the parent-student partnership in college search and selection has become a fundamental part of this grueling annual ritual.
- College mega-fairsInformation on regional college fairs that allow students to meet admissions representatives from a wide range of postsecondary institutions.
- College newspapersAccess to several college newspapers around the country.
- Tips for visiting collegesPractical advice on what families should look for and inquire about when visiting college campuses.
- Virtual tours of campuses – Campus ToursMake an online "visit" to selected college campuses.
- College ViewTake a virtual campus tour of other colleges, apply online and more.
Related Books and Resources for Purchase
- Colleges That Change Livesby Loren Pope
- Harvard Schmarvardby Jay Mathews
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