ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 13, Number 16 
March 16, 2004

In This Issue: COLLEGE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) College 
Opportunities On-Line (COOL) is a direct link to nearly 7,000 
colleges and universities in the country.  Whether for large 
universities, small liberal arts colleges, specialized schools, 
community colleges, career or technical colleges, or trade 
schools, IPEDS COOL offers information on enrollment, 
awards/degrees conferred, cost (updated for 2003-04) and financial 
aid, accreditation, and campus crime statistics.  And, for the 
first time, it has graduation rates based on first-time, full-time 
degree-seeking undergraduate students; the rate is broken down by 
bachelor's degree-seeking students, gender, and race.  

College Opportunities On-Line helps you find out about a specific 
college or set of colleges, if you have some in mind. You can name 
the colleges and obtain information about them.

College Opportunities On-Line is brought to you by the National 
Center for Education statistics in the U.S. Department of 
Education. NCES was authorized by Congress in 1998 to help college 
students, future students, and their parents understand the 
differences between colleges and how much it costs to attend 
college.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/.  




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