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Featured Institutions
Western Governors
University (wiki)
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Young Man.: The best relatively cheap university you've never heard
of.pdf (Hint: it's only online)(Time Magazine: 11/17/08)
Accreditation
Distance Learning Courses
Tour of Web University the online course system of the UW.
Open University Britain's largest teaching institute.
The Spectrum Virtual University provides awesome totally FREE online classes.
Virtual College at New York University's School of Continuing Education
Rhodec International has interior design education.
Addison Wesley Longman online has complete programs and materials for primary and secondary school students and teachers.
Coast Telecourses "produces award-winning video-based college courses and distributes them throughout the world."
Prentice Hall
Georgia Tech
UW Extension has general distance learning info. and specifics about UW offerings.
Colorado State Univ. of Graduate School of Business "has offered a campus-free MBA program for two decades."
Out of New York Connected, in the past eleven years has offered more than 300 graduate and undergraduate classes entirely via
At this George Washington University site "two new electronically assisted graduate programs, one in public health and one in engineering management" have been launched.
Graduate School of Education & Human Development The George Washington University "one of the oldest graduate schools of education in the country, offers a residency-free master of arts degree in education and human development with a concentration in educational technology and leadership through combined electronic and video platforms." It has also "taken it's doctorate of education in executive leadership-one of the oldest such academic leadership programs in the United States- into Cyberspace. One weekend each month, learners converge on the Northern Virginia campus for live insturction and mentoring."
Pepperdine Univ. "uses a combined face-to-face and Internet-assisted distance-learning option to educate adult learners inits doctoral program in educational technology. Remote learning teams use e-mail, newsgroups and multi-user environments like MUDs and MOOs to address issues raised in madatory face-to-face seminars. The seminars are held on weekends there.
Distance Learning Related
Distance Education and Information Technology
Brandon Hall has a comprehensive Free Resources page regarding E-Learning systems.
Distance Education Clearinghouse
Adult Distance Learnng Internet Surf Shack
Global Distance Learning Channel
United States Distance Learning Association
International Centre for Distance Learning
Lifelong Learning Home Page; Adult Education & Distance Learner's Resource Center
Comprehensive Distance Education List of Resources
Financing
FinAID can search a College Financial Aid database of 180,000+ scholarships & Lists of lenders; and "provides a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid."
College for Texans - operated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, this site has financial aid information for Texas residents
Wired Scholar - operated by Sallie Mae, the nation's leading provider of education funding, this site has a wealth of information on how to pay for college.
General
Princeton Review offers test-preparation products and also has information on how to find college scholarships.
Links Pages
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line is your direct link to nearly 7,000 colleges and universities in the United States.
The Education Department's: State Map has links to education web pages across the U.S.
State College Online Community Resources
Major Pages
Searching for a College
U.S. Community Colleges, by State
GoCollege "helps search for colleges based on location, the type of institution (such as two-year vs. four-year) and academic interests. Most intriguing is a section on campus crime statistics."
College Is Possible gives answers concerning "common questions about scholarships, the SAT and ACT, and other aspects of the
American Association of Community Colleges
Community College Web
UC Berkeley's: Finding College and University Information is an excellent college finder links page.
U-WIRE, "a news service for college newspapers, provides stories about college life and issues on campuses."
Totally Free (and Complete) Online College Courses
MIT OpenCourseWare is a free, open, publication of MIT Course Materials.
Transferring
University Transfer Guides (Texas)
Testing
Emode is a fun personality testing site.
TestPrep.com "analyzes math and verbal skills on a real SAT."
College PowerPrep "is one of the most complete online SAT guides."
Kaplan Educational Centers, "one of the largest test prep chains in the country lets you download free software for the GRE, CMAT,
LSAT, MCAT, and SAT that will analyze your performances, on sample tests, for pacing, guessing, answer changing, and answer
Books
THOMSON Peterson's "is a provider of learning books and online resources focusing on the educational-search, test-preparation and financial-aid markets. Click on "financial aid.""
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