Island Institute - islandinstitute.org/scholarships
Maine Community Foundation - http://www.mainecf.org/
Finance Authority of Maine - famemaine.com
Federal Financial Aid - http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
SAT Question of the day - http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day
Career Advice and Personal Development by Open Colleges Blog http://blog.opencolleges.edu.au/
The Importance of Internships to College Students
http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/cmc/news/news.cfm?id=12
Analyzing the Student Skill Index
http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/Bridge%20That%20Gap-v8.pdf
Ben Ogdren - bodgren@islandinstitute.org
Deborah Bowman - cheblib@hotmail.com
One of the School Committee Goals is "encouraging post secondary education for all of our students, financial support for higher education, and mentoring program for supporting secondary education and post secondary education." We have been working with the Island Institute, community members, the Library and the Rec Center to establish these goals. We had a well attended meeting at the library with the Island Institute and have established a mentoring program for Post Secondary Education. Many community members have volunteered to be ready to help with all aspects of continuing education for the whole community. Click here for the list of Mentors.
The Chebeague Island Recreation Center has partnered with the Chebeague Island School in offering an opportunity to sign on to online education. Islanders, winter and summer, now can take online courses through the ed2go and if you go through our website to sign up, a small commission will come back to the rec to be used for education purposes. The ed2go network consists of more than 1,500 of the biggest colleges, universities, and other schools across the United States, Canada, and Australia. They offer hundreds of engaging online courses for adults, covering every topic from Anatomy to Web Design. Click here to sign on to a course. If you have any question please email education@chebeague.net
For any islander who is 50 or older currently volunteering in our communty! ENCorps is a statewide program designed to train Mainers who are aged 50 and over in leadership skills - click here for more information
Many colleges offer free online courses which can be monitored and some even take for credits. I am looking into what is out there now and will add to the list as I find them.