Do you want a quick introduction to a college or university you are thinking about attending?
The Federal Department of Education’s http://studentaid.ed.gov/ web site has tours complete with dozens of information fact about the college to help you decide. It includes names of contacts, degrees offered, sports, nearby attractions and more….
“Campus Tours: “
Lamar University
Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT)
Lamar State College-Orange
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
Other colleges and universities, nearby and far away, can be found here.
It’s just one of the tools on the site. Others include
Other help is available on the Tools and Resources page. This page also has links to more help, including state resources. The Texas resource page is here
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College majors are not all alike when it comes to salary students can expect when they enter the workforce. A new interactive graphic from the Chronicle of Higher Education on-line gives a detail view of salaries by major and by careers within the major.
“This makes a great resource for students to understand what they are getting for their college dollar,” Steve Buser, director of the Southeast Texas P-16 Council said.
Another study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has interactive tables on the various majors, including salaries, popularity of the degree, percent obtaining a degree in the major and more. The full report “What’s It Worth: The Economic Value of College Majors“ contains more information on majors and their effects on those obtaining degrees.
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