Founded in 1915 by Arthur O. Lovejoy and John Dewey, the noted pragmatist and educator, the purpose of the American Association of University Professors is "to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good." For easy access, the site is divided into five...

The American Council on Education, headed by David Ward (the former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin), "seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives." To this end, their Web site is a vast repository of papers, research initiatives, and newsletters that will assist those...

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The Brookings Institution conducts research into a dozen different thematic policy areas, including technology, metropolitan affairs, and education. This corner of its website provides journalists, scholars, and others with quick access to research into the world of education. Visitors can explore topics of interest via thematic headings, including school choice, K-12 education, global education,...

It's that time of year: when students are not only going back to school, but high schoolers are thinking about where they might go next year. These resources from US News should help students and their parents make choices for higher education. The first site, College, features US News' rankings based on sixteen indicators (more information about the methodology is available on-site). Schools can...

For many young people, fall brings a new school year, and for high school seniors, a sense of excitement and trepidation about looking for the college that will best serve their educational needs. The College Profiles Web site will be a valuable resource for them and their parents or guardian. The site provides brief sketches of thousands of colleges and universities, along with materials on the...

Created in an effort "to improve elementary and secondary education through practical research," the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE), brings together researchers and scholars from the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From the main page visitors can learn about the...

The Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) at the University of Texas at Austin allows undergraduates the rather exciting opportunity to advance academically "while doing cutting-edge, original, publishable research" in a variety of fields. This website provides information about the FRI and how students can get involved, and for more casual users, there are a range of resources worth a look. In the...

One of the wonderful advantages of an online world is that works previously held only in obscure university libraries can be accessed right on your laptop. Made available by the Universal Library Project, this engrossing tract was written by a dozen Harvard professors and published in 1945. The content still resonates with contemporary debates about who should have access to college education,...

Finding the right job in higher education, whether as an educator, a researcher, or an administrator, can be a challenge. The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) is a non-profit consortium of "over 600 colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies, and related non- and for-profit organizations." The website offers a database of higher education jobs, as well as...