USEFUL LINKS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT GRADUATE STUDIES AND FELLOWSHIPS

1. Web Sites about Education in the United Kingdom (especially useful for Rhodes, Gates, Fulbright, Marshall and Mitchell Scholarship applicants):

    a. British Council: www.britishcouncil-usa.org
Lots of useful information regarding study in the UK, including an excellent links section 

    b. British Council "Campus" web site: www.britishcouncil.org/eis/campus.htm
Very "user-friendly" site with a virtual layout of a campus that you can click on to see information on welfare, institutions, finance, courses, etc. 

    c. British Council's education web site with a comprehensive data base of all universities and publicly funded programs along with links to the uniform application form for taught graduate and undergraduate programs: www.educationuk.org

    d.  Higher Education Funding Council web site: www.hefce.ac.uk
Ratings of teaching quality in various undergraduate programs 

    e. Quality Assessment Review board: www.qaa.ac.uk
Ratings of teaching quality in various undergraduate programs. 

    f. Research Assessment Exercise ratings: www.hero.ac.uk/rae/
Ratings of research quality in various graduate programs. 

    g. The Times of London Good University Guide: www.timesonline.co.uk/section
Equivalent to US News ratings. 

    h. The Guardian League Tables: www.EducationGuardian.co.uk/universityguide
Equivalent to US New ratings. 

    i. London Conference on Overseas Students: www.lcos.org.uk
Contains information on voluntary sector hostels within London. 

    j. National Information Services and Systems: www.niss.ac.uk

    k. "On Course": www.oncourse.co.uk
The ultimate site for courses.  Includes detailed profiles of the UK's major education establishments, with insights into academic strengths and student life, also has course profiles and quality assessments. 

    l. UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs (recently renamed the Council for International Education: www.ukcosa.org.uk
Useful advice for international students on subjects including immigration  procedures, choosing courses, study methods in the UK, etc. 

    m. Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS): www.ucas.ac.uk
Includes an excellent searchable database of UK courses. 

    n. UK Education web site:  www.educationUK.org
Provides useful links to other education web sites. 

    o. UK Department for Education and Employment, International Student web page: 
www.dfee.gov.uk/international-students
Useful for UK Government's policy on international students, i.e. right to work in the UK, etc. 

    p. Marshall Scholarship web site: www.marshallscholarship.org/links.html
Has links to many other useful sites. 

    q. Graduate Career web site: www.prospects.ac.uk
Has links to many other useful sites. 

2. Useful links for evaluating and selecting graduate programs in the United States.

    a. http://dave.burrell.net/guide/links.html
This is a web-accessible version of a published guide, Getting In: An Applicant's Guide to Graduate School Admissions by David Burrell, Holy Cross '91, History. 

    b. http://www.fastweb.com
This is a search service for scholarships. 

    c. http://www.gradschools.com
This is a master site linked to subject-searchable web pages. 

    d. http://www.usnews.com
This provides access to the U. S. News and World Report rankings of schools including graduate schools. 

3. National Association for Fellowships Advisors (NAFA) links

a. General information

The National Association of Fellowship Advisors newsletter:
http://www.fiu.edu/~beestb/3_news.html.

NCHC Scholarship site:
http://www.radford.edu/~nchc/other-links.htm

b. Nationally Competitive Award Websites

DAAD awards:www.daad.org

Freeman-Asia awards: www.iie.org/pgms/freeman-asia

Fulbright Fellowship: www.iie.org/fulbright

Gates Cambridge Scholarships: www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk

Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad: http://www.iie.org/gilman

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship: www.act.org/goldwater

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/javits.html

James Madison Scholarship: www.jamesmadison.com/

Marshall Scholarship: www.acu.ac.uk/marshall

Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies: http://www.woodrow.org/mellon

George J. Mitchell Scholarships: www.us-irelandalliance.org/mitchell

National Security Education Program (NSEP) Graduate Fellowships: www.aed.org/nsep

NSEP Undergraduate Scholarships: www.iie.org/nsep

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship: www.asee.org/ndseg/

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships: http://www.nsf.gov/grfp

Rhodes Scholarship: www.rhodesscholar.org

Rotary Scholarship: www.rotary.org

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: www.pdsoros.org

Harry S. Truman Scholarships: www.truman.gov

Morris K. Udall Scholarships: www.udallfoundation.org

USA Today: www.allstars.usatoday.com