Careers and Education
Find information on college degrees, certificates, high school diplomas, and other information for anyone in pursuit of educational and career goals
EDUCATION FINANCING & SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITES
FastWeb Scholarships
Over 1,000,000 scholarships worth over $3.4 billion. And this site is free, so it doesn't hurt to see if you can find some free money
ScholarshipExperts.com
Forbes calls this site the best scholarship engine on the web. How can you argue with that?
UPromise
If you are going to college or will go to college, you have to sign up for this free service. Essentially vendors will give you money back on purchases (made online or in-store) that you can apply, TAX FREE, to your college tuition. Also, when you sign up (again, it's free), you are entered to win $10,000
SimpleTuition.com
SimpleTuition is a third party loan finder meaning that it does not provide the loans itself - it has instead partnered with lenders and financial institutions to compare over a 100 different education loan options with borrowers and schools
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH WEBSITES
CourseSmart
Save an average of 50% on textbooks by buying digital. All titles allow search, printing, highlighting, note-taking, and copy and paste capabilities. eTextbooks are sold in an online or downloadable format as a subscription for 1 semester (180 days), 2 semesters (360 days) or 3 semesters (540 days) depending on the title.
Questia
This site provides copyright-cleared research: Nearly 70,000 full-text books, 1.5 million articles, and a reference set complete with dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus. Questia also provides digital productivity tools for highlighting text, taking notes, and generating footnotes and bibliographies in seven different styles.
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