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COLLEGE INFORMATION RESOURCES
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Find colleges and universities that offer credit or placement for AP scores.
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This is a centralized database where you can go to every individual college’s website without having to use a search engine to look them up at one time.
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Choosing a college is a big and exciting decision. Explore your interests and take the time to find a college that will put you on a path to a bright future.
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The CollegeBound Network (CBN) has worked with America's leading colleges, universities, and career schools in connecting learners with educational opportunities.
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It offers students in depth information about different college majors to help them make more informed college and career choices.
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College Navigator consists primarily of the latest data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES – the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Using over a dozen criteria, you can search our extensive database of colleges and universities to find schools that match what you are looking for.
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This search engine offers campus tours, career and minority information, and profiles of over 3800 colleges and universities.
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College Week Live is a virtual college fair, with hundreds of colleges and universities from around the world exhibiting and tens of thousands of attendees. Students can watch admissions experts speak on topics such as how to prepare for the SAT, how to write a winning application essay or how to pay for college and have questions answered via live chat.
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A free online undergraduate application used by over 400 colleges and universities.
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Dramatics College Theatre Directory
Dramatics College Theatre Directory was developed in collaboration with Acceptd, the world’s largest performing arts network that makes it easier for students to find and apply to hundreds of college programs.
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The Florida College System is the primary access point to undergraduate education for Floridians, including recent high school graduates and returning adult students.
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Florida Trend’s NEXT is your guide to life after high school in Florida. NEXT is here to help you achieve your goals whether it be thriving in high school, getting a job, going to college, managing your money and more.
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This site provides suggestions of some actions students can take as they start thinking about education beyond high school.
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MyCollegeGuide provides students with detailed information on over 120 colleges. Each school has a dedicated page in the College Search section.
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Students can research more than 1,600 college majors and 40,000 pages of detailed career information. Students can find colleges and universities by the majors offered as well as location, school size and other criteria they find important in making a college choice.
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NextStepU.com is a personalized resource for students, parents and counselors to find information about pursuing a career, joining the military, applying to and attending a two-year or four-year college or university and developing essential life skills.
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Our resources and tools aim to help high schoolers create resumes that can frame their current life experiences in a way that highlights them as well rounded, quality individuals for their college and scholarship applications
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Get Ahead of the Game - Early High School Preparation for College
CAREER AND OCCUPATIONAL RESOURCES
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The mission of CareerConnection is not only to support and assist persons in job transition with finding their next job, but also to provide them with the knowledge, skills and contact opportunities to enable them to achieve their lifetime career management goals.
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Career One Stop provides data from a variety of federal and state sources, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) at the U.S. Department of Labor; the U.S. Department of Education; the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Commerce; the Bureau of the Census at the U.S. Department of Commerce; and other Federal, State, and private institutions. Sources of data are cited and web links are provided where possible.
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Discover the basics of accounting.
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Employ Florida links all of Florida's workforce services—state and local—to each other. The Employ Florida Marketplace is a powerful online labor market exchange tool specifically designed for employers, job seekers, students, training providers, workforce customer service representatives and professionals, and others seeking benefits and services.
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Mapping Your Future is a national collaborative, public-service organization of the financial aid industry - bringing together the expertise of the industry to provide free college, career, financial aid, and financial literacy services for students, families, and schools.
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MyCareerShines, powered by Kuder® is a customized and comprehensive K-20 education and career planning system that meets and fulfills requirements for Florida statutes and helps students and adults explore options and plan for the future.
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My Future is a service presented by the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The goal of the site is to help students understand the opportunities available to them after graduation, and better prepare them for the choices and challenges they have ahead.
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My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. My Next Move has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers. Users can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or through the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person's interests and level of work experience.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook Online
The Occupational Outlook Handbook provides information regarding the training and education needed for various occupations, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job and working conditions. In addition, the Handbook provides job search tips and links to information about the job market in each State.
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The Occupational Information Network provides a comprehensive database that identifies and describes occupations, worker skills, knowledge, abilities and workplace requirements for jobs across the country in 211 sectors of the economy.
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Search their online database of career advice for insightful information on hundreds of occupations, internship opportunities, and general advice on interviewing and public speaking.