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Funding Your Education Beyond
High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid - A comprehensive
resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education.
Grants, loans, and work-study are the three major forms of aid available
through the Department's Federal Student Aid office.
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New Directions - A guide to repaying
your student loans. Features information about managing your money, estimating
your student loan payments, repaying your student loan, deferment and
forbearance. |
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Teacher Loan Forgiveness Loan Program
- A brochure outlining the eligibility requirements and application process for
borrowers who may qualify for FFELP loan forgiveness through the Teacher Loan
Forgiveness Program. The brochure also contains a list of frequently asked
questions and answers about the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.
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Mapping Your Future - This site is
sponsored by a group of guaranty agencies that participate in the Federal
Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). They are committed to providing
information about higher education and career opportunities.
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Adventures in Education - The premier source of college
and career planning information. Students and parents can search the online
database for financial aid that suits their individual education goals,
qualifications, and interests for schools in Texas and across the nation.
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Texas Mentor - Welcome to Texas
Mentor, your online guide to the private colleges of Texas. |
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The College Board - A national nonprofit membership association
whose mission is to prepare, inspire, and connect students to college and
opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 4,300
schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each
year, the College Board serves over three million students and their parents,
23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in
college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and
teaching and learning.
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CampusTours.com - Virtual tours have become an essential
component of college Web sites, providing many prospective students with their
first glimpses of college. CampusTours has been at the forefront of this
emerging trend since 1996, working with over eight hundred colleges and
universities throughout the United States to promote, enhance and build virtual
college tours. CampusTours adamantly believes that virtual tours are no
substitute for real college visits.
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eCampusTours.com - A revolutionary
college planning web site featuring 360° x 360° tours of hundreds of college
campuses. Just find a school, sit back and enjoy the trip. It's a virtually
awesome experience. |
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FAFSA4Caster - If you want to begin exploring your financial aid
options and get an early start on the financial aid process, FAFSA4caster is for you!
By using FAFSA4caster, you and your family will receive an early estimate of eligibility
for federal student aid. This Web site provides you with an opportunity to increase
your knowledge of the financial aid process; become familiar with the various types
of federal student aid that are available; and investigate other sources of aid,
such as grants and scholarships.
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FinAid - This award-winning site was established in the fall of
1994 as a public service, and has grown into the most comprehensive annotated
collection of information about student financial aid on the web. FinAid has a
stellar reputation in the educational community as the best Web site of its
kind. It's comprehensive, it's informative, it's objective--and it's the first
stop on the web for students looking for ways to finance their education.
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Texas Distance Education - For a growing
number of students, the opportunity for college success is being enhanced through Texas's
convenient and extensive Electronic Campus. The EC has proven to be a valuable asset to
the State's citizens of Texas no matter where they are located. Texas's Electronic Campus
encompasses more than 3,400 online courses and eighteen (18) complete degree programs.
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College For Texans - Here is
everything a Texan needs to know about preparing for, applying for and paying
for college or technical school. And it's all in one up to date, easy to
navigate megasite almost as big as the state itself. CollegeForTexans.com is a
project of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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Texas Common Application - Apply for
admission to any Texas public university, as well as to participating community
and private colleges. Apply for undergraduate, international and graduate
admission. Copy your submitted application to another institution. Submit your
application essays on-line. Apply for scholarships from participating
universities. Search for and view both general and university-specific
information.
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Selective Service System - The
mission of the Selective Service System is to provide manpower to the armed
forces in an emergency. It would provide manpower to the military by conducting
a draft using a list of young men's names gathered through the Selective
Service registration process. Virtually all men - ages 18 through 25 - must
register. The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the Military
Selective Service Act, which establishes and governs the operations of the
Selective Service System.
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Federal Student Aid - The U.S.
Department of Education's Federal Student Aid (FSA) programs are the largest
source of student aid in America, providing nearly 70% of all student financial
aid. Help is available to make education beyond high school financially
possible for you or your child. The information provided here is designed to
assist you in your college planning. It provides you with access to and
information about the products and services that you will need throughout the
financial aid process.
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Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation -
The Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation was organized in 1950, incorporated in the
State of Texas as a non-profit, charitable corporation. The purpose for which
it was formed is to support charitable, scientific, or educational undertakings
by providing for, or contributing toward the education of financially limited
but worthy students; by assisting young men and women residents of Texas,
attending or wishing to attend colleges and universities in the state of Texas,
to complete their education and obtain degrees; by contributing to community
chests, and supporting any other non-profit organization or activity dedicated
to the furtherance of the general welfare within the state of Texas.
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The ACT Assessment® - is designed to
assess high school students' general educational development and their ability
to complete college-level work.
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