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LGBTQ College Student Resource Guide

Safety on college campuses are essential to student well-being, particularly for students who identify as LGBTQ+. This resource, provided by College Educated, is designed to support students, parents, teachers, and campus professionals with a guide to navigate challenges faced while participating on a college campus.

The hope of this guide is to provide a resource that supports the LGBTQ student, parents, teachers and campus professionals to increase understanding, provide resources and education and hopefully help make connections that will keep an LGBTQ in college and successful as they transition to the workplace.

College and Career Readiness Toolkit: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Providers

MOST’s College and Career Readiness Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to help middle and high school out-of-school-time programs get laser focused on building 21st century skills and supporting young people as they navigate through the complex world of planning for their advanced education and careers.

Check back for free and low cost professional development resources including videos, online courses and opportunities for live virtual training.

U.S. Department of Education

The United States Department of Education establishes policies on federal financial aid for education, and distribution and monitoring of those funds. In addition, the department collects data of America’s schools and disseminates research. The website contains information for educators, students, parents, and administrators.

Vocational School Database

Real Work Matters (RWM) provides a database of private post-secondary Vocational Schools in 50 states. It is organized by state and the training occupation providing easy navigating for both students and educators.

Online Vocational Training Courses

Hospitality, travel & tourism, interior decorating, fashion design, paralegal, firefighting, construction, medical transcription. Online and distance learning vocational training courses and certificate programs let you train for a new career or job on your own time.

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE)

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) coordinates programs that are related to education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges. ED.gov provides resources to expand the knowledge on information regarding vocational training beyond the classroom.

JobTrain Vocational Training

As an educational and training institution that also offers career counseling and job placement services to our graduates, JobTrain helps their clients launch new careers and break out of the community’s existing cycle of poverty, low education levels, homelessness, drugs, crime, and prison.  Through each student’s personal and professional growth, JobTrain is creating a new and positive model for other members of the community.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provides plenty of consumer information about vocational or trade schools and anything students need to know before they are applying.

Center for Employment Training

With over four decades of experience in job training, Center for Employment Training remains uniquely successful. CET provides hands on vocational skill training in a challenging, real world setting that puts students on the path to success.

CareerColleges.com

With plenty of resources on vocational training and in-depth information on trade schools, career colleges, and vocational programs, CareerColleges.com is the perfect place to go to find anything students need to make an informed decision about where to learn their desired trade.

Chegg Scholarships

Students can help pay for their education with the $1 billion in free scholarships from Zinch, they can begin their specialized search for money with plenty of different options to choose from.

U.S. News & World Report Education

Here students, parents, and administrators can find the latest news on financial aid and paying for college.