Recommended Web Sites

Sites Providing a Broad Array of Education, Economic Data

AskERIC: (ERIC Database Search)
http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/

National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/

United States Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

United States Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/

US Economy at a Glance (Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor)
http://www.bls.gov/eag/

Sites Providing Specific National, Regional, Local Data: (Demographic, Education, and Economic Data)

American Factfinder (Census data available online from the Census Bureau)
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/releaseschedule.html

County Business Patterns (from the Census Bureau)
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html

Delaware County Census 2000 Data (basic demographics for each municipality)
http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/census/index.html

Pennsylvania State Data Center (Source for state and local census data)
http://www.pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/

Pennsylvania State Data Center - County and Municipal Profiles
http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/pasdc/mcd_profiles/

School District Demographics Website (National Center for Education Statistics)
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/

Higher Education, Planning & Research Organizations

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/

Association for Institutional Research
http://www.airweb.org/

Center for the Study of Higher Education
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~coe_cshe/

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Organization
http://www.dvrpc.org/

Horizon (site devoted to environmental scanning for higher education)
http://horizon.unc.edu/

Middle States Association-Commission on Higher Education
http://www.msache.org/

National Center for Technology Planning
http://www.nctp.com/

National Community College Council for Research and Planning
http://www.ncccrp.org/

National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness (NILIE)
http://www.ced.ncsu.edu/ahe/nilie/index.html

Society for College and University Planning
http://www.scup.org/

Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT) Group
http://www.tltgroup.org/

Assessment, Institutional Effectiveness, Student Outcomes

Classroom Assessment Techniques - Teaching Goals Inventory Online
http://www.uiowa.edu/~centeach/tgi/index.html

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm#inst

Vendors - Software, Surveys

Noel-Levitz (Enrollment management, retention consulting & products)
http://www.noellevitz.com/

Principia Products (data collection, survey and test software)
http://www.PrincipiaProducts.com/

SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)
http://www.spss.com/

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