Academe Today http://chronicle.com/

Online edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education, which is the academic world's premier source of news and information; covers issues, professional events and meetings, academic job openings, etc.; college employees should contact D. Grimes at ext. 2233 for special instructions on searching the Academe Today database.

Home page for the Department of Postsecondary Education; includes information about personnel, contacts, policies, job openings, etc.

Official publication of the SDE; provides access to information about the State Board of Education and the SDE, its mission and services, staff, events and programs.

Provides access to the addresses, phone numbers, and Web sites of some 2,000 community colleges in the United States, the AACC site also includes a wealth of information all aspects of two year colleges, including historical background, recent news items, relevant legislative issues, statistics, events calendar, job openings, grants, and even a list of members of Congress with community college backgrounds. Compares with Community College Web http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc/info.html, a site developed by Maricopa College, which includes some non-U.S. (mostly Canadian) colleges.

National association for colleges and universities; provides links to online resources, facts, information, issues, educational news and trends, etc.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC); federally-funded national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues.

Official site of AACU, a professional organization dedicated to advancing the aims of a liberal education; includes links to professional meetings, online resources, etc.

Hundreds of links to all sorts of collegiate home pages. You can look at lists of universities, graduate programs, majors, admissions, international study, university departments, staff, collegiate sports, sciences, and more.

Campus newswire and centralized information service for anyone interested in higher education. There are links to about 400 student-run and campus newspapers, as well as information and links for financial aid, internships, employment, computer assistance, and a textbook exchange. A geographic Campus Index links users to colleges and universities throughout the US and to higher education institutions in over 110 different countries worldwide.

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Article by Michael Lorenzen with information and reviews on sites related to distance education.  Includes links to starting points, newsgroups, discussion groups, electronic periodicals, organizations, diploma mill warnings, and sites in institutions of higher education.

Annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web; easy to use;  sorted by subject and lifestage.

Subject headings from the Librarians' Index to the Intert; links to annotations (and then to sites) on a wide range of education topics, from bilingual education to charter schools to distance learning to school violence.

Brings together data from several sources in the National Council for Education Statistics (NCES); includes The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics; searchable by contents, subject area, and title keyword; provides information on 2000 and 2001 (with links to earlier editions of the site reports).

Free site for educators on the Internet; comprehensive online resource guide includes variety of links for everything from lesson plans to research; actually a search engine that takes the user directly to educational sites; links to news on education; corporate sponsors

Professional agency focused on management and use of computer and network technology in higher education; site contains information on professional development opportunities (sponsored by EDUCAUSE), issues, research, etc.

Access to descriptions of thousands of tests. The "database collects a variety of instruments:  achievement tests, aptitude tests, personality measures, attitude measures, career/vocational interest measures, occupational tests such as nursing or sales skills inventories." There are also pointers to scholarly test reviews, and a directory of test publishers' contact information. From this page, you can individually search the ETS Test File (Educational Testing Service), the Test Review Locator (Buros and Pro-Ed), and the Buros/ERIC Test Publisher Publisher Directory.

Designed to assist faculty of post-secondary institutions in becoming familiar with issues, examples and discussion topics associated with using emerging technologies in teaching and learning.  Includes links to articles, professional development opportunities, sites to visit, online classes, etc.

Searchable database of education resources from more than 30 Federal agencies; hundreds of federally supported education resources available.

Meta-site provided by the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) with links to statistical information in many categories in higher education.  Very comprehensive with useful map of links and search feature.

Report of the New Expeditions Project co-sponsored by AACC and other organizations; includes issues papers on access, faculty, finance, governance, leadership, market forces, teaching and learning, and technology.  Also includes links to dissertations and abstracts on community colleges and other information.  Also available in print and CD-ROM version at the Reserves Desk of the Brooks-Cork Library (SSCC).

States are graded and can be compared on their performance in five categories: preparation, participation, affordability, completion, and benefits. There is extensive documentation with links to additional reports and articles. Easy to navigate and very useful for state leaders, educators, researchers, and anyone interested in the status of our nation's higher education. From the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

Site for NCHEMS, a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist colleges and universities as they improve their management capability; institutional effectiveness and institutional research site; some statistics information and tools available

Official site for NEA; provides information about the organization as well as online news, resources, policies, job postings, etc., and links to related information.

Outstanding publisher in education brings together, at one central address, consistently organized information about educational opportunities at all levels (from summer camp to graduate and professional schools); gives individuals the ability to search Peterson's databases as well as to request more information, apply, and interact in other ways with faculty and administrators at educational institutions; also includes brief articles and tip sheets on relevant issues in education.

Official site of the USDE; good source of governmental reports and statistics on education in the U.S. (see list of FAQs); educational research and improvement reports on wide range of topics; government priorities and initiatives; includes link to National Center for Educational Statistics (which is a valuable site for data on U.S. education)

Developed by Dr. Steven Sorg, University of Central Florida; comprehensive listing of links to other sites related to vocational and technical education, including, general information, curriculum resources, research, government information, career and job information, and training in vocational education

Website developed by Dr. Steve Yuen, University of Southern Mississippi; comprehensive listing of links to other sites, including general information, career planning and job information, curriculum resources, government agencies, research, teacher resources, etc.