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 Communities (Profile)
http://www.epodunk.com/communities_pa.html
Pennsylvania Counties (Profile)
http://www.epodunk.com/counties/pa_county.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
http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/cat.html
Classroom Assessment Techniques - Teaching Goals Inventory Online
http://centeach.uiowa.edu/tools.shtml
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/upa/assmt/resource.htm
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/
Copyright Issues
A Visit to Copyright Bay
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/