Key Online Resources about Education in the United States

Compiled by the IRC Assistant; U.S. Embassy Ashgabat, Last Reviewed: July 2011

General Information:

Whitehouse.gov

• Education:
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/education

U.S. Department of State

• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs:
  http://exchanges.state.gov/
• Education USA:
  http://educationusa.state.gov/
• Education USA Advising Centers
  http://www.educationusa.info/centers.php

U.S. Department of Education:

• Promoting educational excellence for Americans:
  http://www.ed.gov/
• International Affairs Office (IAO):
  http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/
  internationaled/index.html

Stay Current! U.S. Education News and Reviews

• IIPDigitial:
  http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov
• National Public Radio (NPR)
  http://www.npr.org/sections/education/
• Education and Technology
  http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/

Policy, Research and Statistics:

• Institute of Education Sciences:
  http://ies.ed.gov
• The Brookings Institution:
  http://www.brook.edu/
• Heritage Foundation
  http://www.heritage.org/research/education/

Education Associations and Organizations in the United States:

• National Education Association (NEA):
  http://www.nea.gov/
• American Council on Education (ACE):
  http://www.acenet.gov/

College Rankings:

• USNEWS.COM America's Best Colleges Index:
  http://www.usnews.com/rankings
• The Princeton Review: The Best 351 Colleges:
  http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx 

Accreditation and Testing:

• Infoplease: Accredited U.S. Senior Colleges and Universities:
  http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764529.html
• Cost of Higher Education, 1986-2002:
  http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781878.html
• Test Preparation by Petersons:
  http://www.petersons.com/
• Knewton online test prep courses and resources
  http://www.knewton.com/

Scholarships:

• Answers to your financial aid questions:
  http://www.finaid.org/questions/
• FastWeb Start Page:
  http://edu.fastweb.com/
• International Education Financial Aid:
  http://www.iefa.org

School Search:

• Your Guide to U.S. Higher Education
  http://www.internationalstudentguidetotheusa.com
• American School Search
  http://www.american-school-search.com/