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CollegeNET: The Internet Guide to Colleges and Universities

http://www.collegenet.com/

"Contains basic information on nearly every post-secondary school in the U.S. and Canada, and provides links to most of those with homepages." You can search their database or browse geographically, and find information about financial aid and college resources.

Author: Universal Algorithms Inc. (webadmin@www.collegenet.com)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--College and University Guides

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

.edu: U.S. News Colleges and Careers Center

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/

Information to help in choosing a college or univeristy, including the U.S. News college rankings. Also financial aid information and graduate school, job and career info.

Author: U.S. News & World Reports

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--College and University Guides

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

FastWeb (Financial Aid Search Through the Web)

http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/

A free searchable database of over 180,000 scholarships, grants, loans and fellowships. You can set up a personal profile to search against, and fastWEB can notify you of new sources that match your profile when they are added to the database.

Author: (webmaster@fastweb.com)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page

http://www.finaid.org/

This is a list containing a variety of financial aid resources available on the Web. Especially helpful for identifying postings of actual sources of funding are the "Scholarship and Fellowship Databases." Also of interest are bibliographies of financial aid infomation under the heading "Free Documents," and the connections to federal government sources of aid under "Free Information from the US Government."

Author: Mark Kantrowitz (mkant@finaid.org)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

Keywords: Government

Grants,etc.

http://www.ssw.umich.edu/grantsetc/

GRANTS, ETC. is designed to enable both experienced and novice grantseekers and fund-raisers to access information on the Internet by providing annotated links to a variety of funding sources, including corporate, foundation, non-profit, government, individual and international sources. This site also provides information about related learning resources, such as workshops, associations, journals, and libraries. Grant seekers will also discover proposal writing suggestions and supportive data sources, such as statistical information, from this site.

Author: Professor Armand Lauffer, University of Michigan School of Social Work (alauffer@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Non-Profit Organizations

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

Social Sciences--Social Issues & Services--Social Work

Keywords: Funding; Grants; Donations; Proposals

Minority Scholarships and Fellowships (MOLIS)

http://www.fie.com/molis/scholar.htm

Searchable index of scholarships and fellowships available to minorities.

Author: Federal Information Exchange, Inc. (comments@fedix.fie.com)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

Keywords: Minorities

The Student Guide

http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/

Financial aid information from the U. S. Department of Education.

Author: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education (wwwadmin@inet.ed.gov)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

Keywords: Government; United States

StudentAwards.Com

http://www.studentawards.com/

"This Canadian web site gives you immediate access to our database of thousands of scholarships, bursaries, fellowships, grants and other financial awards. Whether you are about to enter your first year of post-secondary education or are already enrolled in a university or college program, studentawards.com can help you find the money to finance your education."

Author: (info@studentawards.com)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

Keywords: Canada

2001 Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid Page

http://www.college-scholarships.com/

"We have put together an online directory of college and university admissions office email addresses and telephone numbers, college scholarship and financial aid office email addresses, and links to the home pages and online applications of more than a thousand colleges and universities. And, we have assembled a page of links to the very best college and university admissions, college scholarship, and financial aid pages on the web. You will even find information on graduate schools, the GRE and GMAT examinations, MBA programs, the TOEFL, community colleges, historically African-American colleges, and campus life."

Author: American Educational Guidance Center (aegc@earthlink.net)

Subjects:

Education--Higher Education--College and University Guides

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

Keywords: ACT; SAT

US State Department Career Site

http://www.state.gov/www/careers/

Student employment programs and internship opportunities, available through the U.S. State Department, that enable students to gain experience in foreign affairs. Placements are both in Washington D.C. and at embassies oversears. Both paid and unpaid positions available during the spring, summer and fall.

Author: U S State Department (doswork@uic.edu)

Subjects:

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science

Education--Higher Education--Financial Aid, Scholarships and Fellowships

Keywords: Foreign Affairs; Internships; Cooperative Education; Interns; International

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