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Student Resources

Compton Library:

Learning Resource Center:

Student Handbook

Cool study skills website:

Websites to Link College Majors and Careers:

The Missing Major-An overview of career exploration

www.missingmajor.com  helps you separate myths from facts regarding choice of majors.

Click "major."  Take a brief quiz: "Gathering Clues for Your Success."

O'Net Online *- Search occupational information by keyword, or find occupations based on skills search, or Holland Interest Code. Developed by the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, this comprehensive database provides very detailed information on occupations and the attributes of the workers in these occupations, including work tasks, skills, personality traits, and values.

http://online.onetcenter.org/

Occupational Outlook Handbook Online *- Developed by the US. Department of Labor Statistics, this site contains searchable database of occupations with useful information on employment outcomes, available jobs, salaries, and education or training required. 

http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

America's Career Info Net*

Includes comprehensive information on employment outlook, including state by state analysis of fastest growing industries, largest employment opportunities, occupations with the highest salaries, and job outlook specific to level of education (from High School Diploma to Associate Degree, Bachelor's, Master's and Post-Graduate Degrees)

http://www.acinet.org/acinet/ 

California Colleges

http://www.californiacolleges.edu/career

Click "explore colleges" to find out where a particular major is offered in colleges in California.  Click "careers" for career information.

California Careers

What do U Want 2B?  (Highlights student interviews about career pathways.)

http://www.californiacareers.info

California Labor Market Information

This website contains California Occupational Guides to help you explore careers and the Occupational Profiles for salary, jobs, and job outlook information.

www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

EUREKA  With EUREKA, you can research Colleges and Universities, take assessment tests to help you find careers that may be right for you, learn about programs of study available for your chosen career, and learn how to search for scholarships and grants for which you may be eligible.

TRANSFER RELATED LINKS:

Assist.org  ASSIST is an online student-transfer information system that shows how course credits earned at one public California college or university can be applied when transferred to another. ASSIST is the official repository of articulation for California's public colleges and universities and provides the most accurate and up-to-date information about student transfer in California.

CaliforniaColleges.edu  CaliforniaColleges.edu is the state's official website that provides information about higher education in California for students, counselors, and parents.

Peterson's Education Center  Peterson's college database provides college, educational and career information as well as online college applications.

College Board Online  College Board‘s site allows you to find colleges that match your goals and interests. It offers extensive information on every aspect of college search and application process including online college applications.

CollegeNET  The CollegeNet search engine helps you find colleges by region, college sports, major, tuition and several other criteria. You can review compare and sort schools according to detailed profiles provided by ACT.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities  This site contains links to historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). You can search by geographic region, states, etc. Career information, music, and links to other African American sites.

NCAA Online  Provides information on eligibility and NCAA Clearinghouse regulations.

College and University Rankings  This site provides links to many ranking services along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy over rankings.

The Princeton Review Online  You can search the site by a college's name, region, state, size, and cost. PR also offers students information about standardized tests, admissions, internships, and career programs.

COLLEGE TOURS  Take a "virtual" college tour from these web sites:

Campus Tours
College Visits
Collegiate Choice

HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES:

California Community Colleges  This site provides an alphabetical, regional and dormitory list of the community colleges in California.  

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU):

CSU Mentor  CSU Mentor provides extensive information about the California State University System. You can access links to a special information for every CSU campus, the transfer process, international students programs, disabled students and students in the Educational Opportunity Program.   Each campus has an electronic admissions application.

CSU Application Filing Status Reports  Offers the most current information available for CSU Applications.

Map of California State Universities  Offers a map of all CSU campuses and quick links to each campus home page.

CSU CAMPUSES:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UC):

University of California Admissions & General Information  This site provides admissions resources and campus information designed to help students (and their parents) who want to attend UC as well as current students feel like part of the UC family.

UC Transfer.org  This site explains what you'll need to do to transfer and how you can make smart course choices now that will maximize your chances of being admitted to UC.

Map of University of California Campuses  Offers a map of all UC campuses and quick links to each campus home page.

UC CAMPUSES:

CALIFORNIA PRIVATE/INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITIES:

Private/Independent California Colleges and Universities  AICCUMentor offers total access to information and admissions applications for degree-granting independent colleges and universities within California.

University of Southern California (USC)  Access information on admission standards, application deadlines and procedures, cost and financial aid, scholarships, the transfer process, majors at USC, student life, and academics.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES:

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES:

American Universities  This site provides a list of public and private American universities granting bachelor or advanced degrees.

Universities.com  A simple home page search with more than 3,000 colleges/universities in the database. It allows you to search schools by name or location and includes an international country index.

Colleges and Universities via Yahoo  You can look up national and international schools using this site.

COMMUNITY AND TWO-YEAR COLLEGES:

Community College Web This site contains a searchable index to the Web sites for 1001 community colleges in the U.S., Canada, and the world. You can search alphabetically, geographically, or by keywords.

Web U.S. Higher Education  This page of UT Austin Web Central contains links to Web servers at universities and community colleges in the U.S.

US Two-Year Colleges  This page provides a comprehensive list of two-year colleges that includes technical colleges, junior colleges, and accredited two-year proprietary schools in the U.S.