ACADEMIC SERVICES
College-Level
Examination Program
CLEP exams test mastery of material for
college credit.
FAFSA - US Federal
Student Aid
Submit a
free application for student financial aid assistance.
Student Loan Repayment Options
Including Income-Based Replayment plan (IBR) and others.
FERPA Regs
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act Regulations
LEARNING MATERIALS
Saylor.org
A
free-access education project with 300+ university, K12
and
career-development courses available online in general
education, art
history, biology, business, K-12 English and math,
workplace and
career skills -- all at no charge, supported by the
Saylor Foundation.
Sample Core Course in Public Relations
A free
upper-division course preparing students to conduct
public
relations suitable for small start-up businesses,
social programs,
personal development, and other outreach projects.
Sample Certificate Course in Customer Service
A free elementary course designed to teach about the customer
service work environment, methods for successful customer
relations, and career advancement tactics.
YouTube
Lecture Library
Thousands of video lectures and
clarifications can be found on
YouTube, including these clips covering
topics of marketing
fundamentals, business writing, and more.
Feel free to link to them.
Open
Courseware Consortium
Free worldwide digital library
of quality higher educational course
materials, available in a
number of languages.
Academic
Earth
A comprehensive collection of more than 750 free
online college
courses from the world's top universities including
MIT, Harvard,
Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, and more.
edX Platform
A nonprofit open source platform for world institutions including
Harvard and MIT offering free courses and certificates.
Coursera
Education company offering 400+ free courses from 80+ partners.
Udacity
Free interacftive college classes, heavy on tech and science.
World
Science University
Free resources and courses for 'immersing yourself in the world of
science.'
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
provides a searchable online library full of resources
useful to
international educators and researchers.
U.S
Department of Education
Facts, figures, research, best practices, evaluation and performance
data provided in a searchable database.
ERIC - Education
Resources Information Center
A comprehensive searchable database of articles including
full-text and peer-reviewed, on most any aspect of learning from
early-childhood to higher education.
EDUCAUSE
A nonprofit association whose mission is
to advance higher
education through the use of information
technology, with a
searchable library on related topics.
Open
Culture
Links to 1,000s of free online courses, MOOCs, movies, audio and
e-books, textbooks, language lessons, K-12 education.
HOW-TO RESOURCES
How-To
Marketing
A range of
succinct articles written by professional marketers.
About
Public Relations
Brief
how-to articles prepared by professional PR practioners.
Fundamental
Marketing Concepts (video)
Short video summary of key marketing
terms and concepts.
Effective
Marketing Appeals & Tactics
(video)
Video clip on how to win attention and
make the sale.
Best
Business Writing Tips
(video)
Six best ways to improve your writing --
right now.
Cross-Cultural Communications
(video)
How to create messages that resonate
across cultural differences.
Publics, Demographics & Segmentation
(video)
Who we might target, and how we might
target them.
Social Marketing
(video)
How to use marketing tactics to sell
ideas and campaigns.
Interview
on Search Engine Optimization
(video)
An SEO expert provides insights into his
tricks of the trade.
Interview
on Website Design
(video)
A professional website developer talks
best practices and trends.
GLOBAL AFFAIRS & DATA
CIA
WorldFactbook
Demographic,
political, economic data on 100s of countries.
Global
Trends 2040
Sweeping
predictions of the world ahead.
US
Bureau of Labor Statistics for Teachers/Students
Data for career exploration, employment
stats, wages.
US
Department of State (Travel Advisories)
Information on international travel,
passports, visas, etc.
Transnational Organizations
(database)
International, global, governmental and
NGO programs,
with direct links to their job pages.
Council on Foreign
Relations
Nonpartisan think
tank and publisher on international affairs.
Electronic
Embassy
The Internet
home of most of the world's embassies based in D.C.
Export-Import
Bank
Agency supporting
export of U.S. goods and services abroad.
Foreign
Affairs
Foreign policy
forum published by Council on Foreign Relations.
Foreign
Policy Association
Promotes citizen participation in nonpartisan global policy process.
International Labour Organization
Founded to ensure universal lasting peace
through social justice.
United
Nations Declaration of Human Rights
U.N. called for this to be expounded in
all schools of the world.
Sister
Cities International
"Connect globally. 140 countries. Unlimited possibilities."
Transparency
International
The
global coalition against corruption.
United
Nations
193 member
states to promote peace, conquer poverty and illteracy.
World
Bank Group
Two goals:
End extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.