College Prep
College Grazing offers interactive self-discovery surveys to help you identify your college needs and desires. Based on the premise that self-awareness will lead to better college decisions, College Grazing offers immediate feedback about your college preferences, readiness, characteristics and much more.
Here students, parents, and administrators can find the latest news on financial aid and paying for college.
The FAFSA4caster helps students understand FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the options to pay for college. This engine creates personalized estimations for federal student aid and other student savings that can be applied towards college education.
The ECMC Foundation works with low income, first-generation college bound student on how to plan for college, succeed academically and pursue their academic dreams. The foundation provides students with resources to polish college applications, simplify the financial aid process, and understand financial obligations.
Student loans fund education for many college students and Debt.org provides information about how to deal with debt after you graduate college. They help to teach students how to control and deal with their debt.
Credit Card Insider provides information to anyone about how to manage their finances and credit. It also provides a vast amount of information for students on loans, credit, and other expenses they have to deal with. There is a blog that is constantly updated with the all current trends and information that anyone needs to deal with financials.
Provided by the US Government, provides tools and resources to help students make the best decisions for their college education finances.
The Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP) researches the rising costs and stagnant efficiency in high education. CCAP disseminates information on student financial aid policy, causes of higher education inefficiency, productivity of faculty, and for-profit high education in an effort to improve accessibility and quality.
Big Future is a program that is sponsored by College Board and is dedicated to providing students with information on how they can afford college. Big Future helps students research different schools, calculate net costs, and provides resources on understanding financial aid programs.
Frugal Dad is a great resource to find information on how to pay for college, how to do financial planning for college, and a great database of affordable college options.
First in the Family invites you to explore and download the materials presented here. Use these handouts, videos, and books with students who seek to put and keep college in their sites. The work spans many fields, they have a deep commitment to college access and success for low-income students.
This article outlines the problem with traditional high school guidance counseling (limited resources and time) and offers solutions on how to fix the issue.