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1. Resources for Education Research
2. Resources for Scholarships and Financial Aid:
- Resource Books on Financial Aid for Minority Students
- Reference Service Press Series
- Peterson’s Scholarships Series
- General Resources and Websites on College Financial Aid
3. Other General Resources:
Learn to better understand the issues by exploring these resources:
African American education
Nettles, Michael T., and Laura W. Perna. The African American Education Data Book. 3 volumes. Fairfax, Va: Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, 1997. See also the Institute website at <http://www.patterson-uncf.org>.
This is a veritable encyclopedia of information and statistics on African American education. Volume 1 is on higher education and adult education. Volume 2 is on Preschool through high school. Volume 3 is on the transitions into college and from college to work.
Hispanic American education
President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. From Risk to Opportunity: Fulfilling the Educational Needs of Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century. March 2003. <http://www.yic.gov/paceea/finalreport.doc>
This report recognizes the effort that must be pursued together by parents, faith-based organizations, educators, community leaders, and government officials at all levels. Among the six main recommendations, the report calls for efforts to “ensure full access for Hispanic Americans to enter college” and urges colleges to improve retention rates of Hispanic students.
Pre-college support programs
O’Brien, Colleen, and Jessica Shedd. Getting Through College: The New England Student Success Study. Washington: The Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2001.
Links to webpage from which the reader can download a pdf file, 76 pp. This research suggests the need for increased awareness and funding for pre-college support programs, more linking between pre-college preparation programs and in-college support programs, a shift to more financial aid in grant aid, more help in navigating the transfer process, more alignment in work study assignments with career goals, efforts to engage and involve students into the residential college community, and earlier notification of financial aid commitments.
Selective admissions
Carnevale, Anthony P., and Stephen J. Rose. “Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Selective College Admissions.” The Century Foundation. March 31, 2003. <http://www.tcf.org/4L/4LMain.asp?SubjectID=1&TopicID=0&ArticleID=252 > July 19, 2004.
Links to a webpage from which the reader can download the 81-page paper in pdf format. Click on “Read the paper” to download the pdf file. “This paper seeks to expand the traditional debate over race and ethnicity in selective admissions by analyzing the issue of whether low-income students, too, should benefit from affirmative action policies.”
General data on education
National Center for Educational Statistics
This is the central website for all kinds of data on education. You can learn about schools and colleges as well. <http://nces.ed.gov>
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education: Measuring Up: The State by State Report Card for Higher Education.
This website provides state by state comparisons of education attainments, strengths and weaknesses in the form of maps, tables, graphs and definitions <http://measuringup.highereducation.org>.
Beckham, Barry, ed. The Black Student’s Guide to Scholarships. 5th edition. New York: Madison Books, 1999.
Provides some general information on Federal and State grants and then describes more than 700 private sources of financial aid, including specific colleges and organizations.
Laveist, Thomas, and Will LaVeist. Eight Steps to Help Black Families Pay for College: A Crash Course in Financial Aid. (Princeton Review). New York: Random House, 2003.
This small handbook gives practical advice, answers to questions, mistakes to avoid, and brief general introductions to a number of issues.
Making College Affordable. Boston: Higher Education Information Center, n.d. A basic workbook on financial aid, loans and scholarships for college bound students and their families. For more info see: www.edinfo.org
Olmos, Edward J., and Kirk Whisler. The 2005 Hispanic Scholarship Directory: Over 1000 Ways to Finance Your Education. 7th edition. Carlsbad, Calif.: National Association of Hispanic Publications; WPR Publishing, 2004.
Sources are arranged by state, giving contact info, history, number of scholarships, amount given, criteria, deadlines, and descriptions. Scholarships are also listed by various indices. Address: WPR Publishing, 3445 Calalina Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008-2856. Phone: 760-434-7474.
The Reference Service Press Series, listed below, is the leading authority on these specialized scholarships. Each volume covers scholarships for undergraduate study; fellowships for graduate study; loans; grants for research, projects, creative activities, and study travel; awards for achievement; and paid internships. For each source, the book provides contact information, website, purpose, eligibility, financial data, duration, number awarded and deadline. Each volume is a large hardback.
Check for this series in your library or order from: Reference Service Press, Eldorado Hills Business Park, 5000 Windplay Drive, Suite 4, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. Phone: 916–939-9620. Website: www.rspfunding.com.
Schlachter, Gail Ann, and R. David Weber. Financial Aid for African Americans, 2005-2007. El Dorado Hills, Calif.: Reference Service Press, 2005. Forthcoming. Lists more than 1400 internships, scholarships, fellowships, loans, and grants.
Schlachter, Gail Ann, and R. David Weber. Financial Aid for Asian Americans, 2005-2007. El Dorado Hills, Calif.: Reference Service Press, 2005. Forthcoming. Nearly 1000 awards are listed for both undergraduate and graduate studies.
Schlachter, Gail Ann, and R. David Weber. Financial Aid for Hispanic Americans, 2005-2007. El Dorado Hills, Calif.: Reference Service Press, 2005. Forthcoming. Lists approximately 1300 sources of internships, grants, and loans.
Schlachter, Gail Ann, and R. David Weber. Financial Aid for Native Americans, 2005-2007. El Dorado Hills, Calif.: Reference Service Press, 2005. Forthcoming.
Schlachter, Gail Ann, and R. David Weber. Money for Christian College Students, 2005-2007. El Dorado Hills, Calif.: Reference Service Press, 2005. Gives 800 funding opportunities for Christian students looking for money, even though they are not necessarily majoring in religion or attending a Christian college.
The Peterson Guides, listed below, are mostly arranged by field of study, but also by other criteria such as geographic area and affiliations with various organizations. Each book contains several indices. They are small paperbacks of 300–400 pages and cost about $14.95. Address: Peterson’s, 2000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Website: www.petersons.com (see Online store: category–College–financial aid, p.2).
Scholarships for African American Students. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Thompson Learning; Peterson’s, 2003.
Scholarships for Asian American Students. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Thompson Learning; Peterson’s, 2003.
Scholarships for African American Students. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Thompson Learning; Peterson’s, 2003.
Get A Jump: The Financial Aid Answer Book (Spanish Edition) (En Español) Toma La Delantera! El Libro de Respuestas Para La Ayuda Financiera (Edición en Español). Lawrenceville, NJ: Thompson Learning, Peterson’s, 2003. Provides advice and tips from financial experts and experienced families.
College Board Scholarship Search. Free online search. This is a version of the College Board Scholarship Handbook. Updated annually. Somewhat limited. Website homepage: www.collegeboard.org. More specifically, <http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp>.
CollegeView. Uses the Wintergreen/Orchard House database of 8,000 private and school-based programs offered by 1,500 sponsors. Uses both a profile search and an alphabetical directory listing. Website homepage: www.collegeview.com. More specifically, <http://www.collegeview.com/financial_aid/schol_search/scholsearchpage1.jsp>.
FASTaid. National Scholarship Research Service. The book version of this is The Scholarship Book. Lists 1000s of financial aid programs with brief descriptions. Claims to be the “world’s oldest and largest private sector scholarship database.” <http://www.fastaid.com/>.
FastWeb Scholarship Search. Large, free scholarship search. They will periodically email you updates on scholarships and awards that might match the profile you fill out with an online questionnaire. “Recommended by two out of three colleges.” <http://fastweb.monster.com/>
Federal Student Aid. This site has general help related to government financial aid as well as the FAFSA forms and guidance in filling them out. Most students will need to fill out a FAFSA form. <http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp>
Finaid. The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid. Helpful information on several aspects of financial aid including scholarship scams. Annotated list of other websites with scholarship searches. <http://www.finaid.org/>
Princeton Review Scholarships and Aid. A free scholarship search service with several thousand scholarships. The webpage also provides useful advice. <http://www.princetonreview.com/college/finance/>
SRN Express – Scholarship Resource Network. Lists private sector awards. No single school awards are included, but lists $15 billion in awards available <http://www.srnexpress.com/>. (Also available at Sallie Mae: College Answer, <http://www.collegeanswer.com/>.)
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS). A specific major scholarship fund is available for minority students from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation <http://www.gmsp.org/>.
Get Ready for College: A College Planning Guide and Workbook for Students in Grades 9-12. Boston: TERI College Access, 2005.
Links to a webpage from which you can download a pdf workbook in English or Spanish. The workbook contains grade by grade checklists and explanations of terms related to college applications and preparations. Hands-on help for learning about and selecting colleges, writing the college application essay, planning, interviews, and financial aid. Site homepage: <http://www.tericollegeaccess.org/>. (A second webpage links to a separate workbook on financial aid: <http://www.tericollegeaccess.org/misc/afford.html>.)
HERC sites are located in Dorchester, Roxbury,
Brockton, Worcester, Lawrence and Lynn. Use the link above
for general information, or see these local sites:
Worcester: <http://www.worcesterherc.org/pages/894710/index.htm>
Dorchester: <http://www.home.earthlink.net/~dorchesterherc/index.html>
Roxbury: <http://leondejuda.org/db_public/cldj_public/index_EN.php?display=page&what=6>
2002-2003 Guide to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 7th edition. Detroit, Mich.: Chevrolet and Ebony, 2002. Contains school profiles plus general information on how to choose a college and apply. This brief paperback also has short sections on financial aid, career choice, how to prepare for and succeed in college.
Beckham, Barry. A Black Student’s Guide to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. National Book Network, 1999.
Beckham, Barry. The Black Student’s Guide to Colleges. 4th edition. Lanham, Maryland: Madison Books, 1997. Covers 200 colleges, both historically black and predominantly white, with statistics and descriptive profiles, including social climate, black student organizations, and support services.
Black, Isaac. Black Excel African American Student’s College Guide: Your One-Stop Resource for Choosing the Right College, Getting In, and Paying the Bill. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. The first section gives advice on choosing a college and getting in (or transferring in). Then the author gives scholarship sources and advice. Then the major section of the book covers top colleges for African American students. The book also contains several useful appendices.
LaVeist, Thomas. Daystar Guide to Colleges for African American Students. New York: Kaplan Interactive, 2000. A complete guide with information on all the historically black colleges and a variety of other colleges with detailed information which can help in the college selection process.
Mitchell, Robert. The Multicultural Student’s Guide to Colleges. Rev. ed. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; The Noonday Press, 1996. Provides profiles of colleges with bar graphs showing proportions of ethnic student enrollment and percent of ethnic faculty. Includes comments from students describing academic and social life on campuses in relation to minority concerns. Some of the information is dated and should be checked on the internet and with more recent works.
Valverde, Leonard A., editor. The Latino Student’s Guide to College Success. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. Lists the top 50 universities and top 20 community colleges which had the highest number of degrees awarded to Latino students. Some other statistics are also given. Most of the book is about “The Eight Steps to College Success” – preparing, choosing, applying, on campus advice regarding academics, support, etc. Part 3 contains short essays by Latino leaders and notables in various fields writing on how they succeeded in college.
Wilson, Erlene. The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students. Rev. and update edition. New York: Penguin Plume Books, 1998. Although this work covers a number of schools both public and private, it only lists a few of the historically black colleges, and its selection of other schools is questionable. It gives statistics and descriptions relevant to the concerns of minority students.
Campus Life Christian College Guide <http://www.campuslifecollegeguide.com/index.taf?mode=college>
Christian Connector
Free Christian higher education resources (see college links) <http://www.christianconnector.com/>College View Search
<http://www.collegeview.com> (see Christian college section: <http://www.collegeview.com/product/christian/>)College Net Search
<http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/>Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
<http://www.cccu.org/>Peterson’s (Thompson Peterson's)
undergrad search: <http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/>College Board Search
<http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch>Princeton Review
<http://www.princetonreview.com/home.asp>The Templeton Guide: Colleges that Encourage Character Development
<http://www.collegeandcharacter.org/guide/>USNews.com, America's Best Colleges 2005
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php>
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