Websites
College Board
www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/index.html
College Navigator, U.S. Department of Education
www.nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator
Peterson’s
www.petersons.com/bestcollegepicks/Login.asp?ut=&sponsor=1
Princeton Review
www.princetonreview.com/colleges-majors.aspx
Books
Antonoff, Steven, Ph.D. The College Finder: Choosing the School That’s Right for You. Westford, MA, Wintergreen Orchard House, 3rd edition, 2008
Antonoff provides lists and lists of very useful information ranging from what colleges and universities offer the best majors from Anthropology to Design to Leadership Studies to Winemaking, as well as what kinds of learning environments are offered at different schools, what kinds of students go to different colleges, etc. Very useful.
The College Board. College Handbook 2010, All-new 47st Edition. New York,
The College Board, 2009.
The most comprehensive, up-to-date demographic information about every
accredited college and community college in the US.
The College Board. International Student Handbook 2007. New York, The
College Board, 2006.
A good book for international students who want to know about TOEFL requirements, special requirements and services at colleges, etc.
Fiske, Edward B. Fiske Guide to Colleges 2010, 26th Edition. Naperville, IL,
Sourcebooks, Inc., 2009.
Brought up-to-date every year, this book provides descriptions from the point of
view of students of more than 300 colleges and universities in the U.S. The
comments are usually “right-on” and are very useful for students as they
develop their college lists.
Lipkin, Midge, Ph.D. Colleges With Programs Or Services For Students With
Learning Disabilities,3rd edition. Westford, MA, Wintergreen Orchard House, 2009
By far, the most comprehensive book on what colleges and universities provide
students who have learning disabilities.
