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High School to College Transition: Resources for Librarians and Teachers

This guide offers a collection of ideas and resources to assist high school and academic librarians, teachers, and other educators better prepare high school students for the challenges of college course work and academic research.

What you will find in this guide:

21st Century Students
A look at today's students.
21st Century Skills
Resources to help us better understand what we mean when we say 21st century skills.
Skills for College
Essential Information literacy skills all students should master before starting their first year of college.
Successful Partnerships
Tips for building positive relationships with administration, faculty, students, parents, and academic libraries.
College Goes to High School
Create a college experience in your library media center.
Visit an Academic Library
Planning a successful field trip to an academic library.
Assessment
Ideas for assessing students' information literacy skills.
Good Reads
A bibliography of recommended reading.

Associations, Organizations, and Institutions

American Association Of School Librarians
Association of College and Research Libraries
INFOhio
A digital library that offers a variety of content and services—most at no charge—to Ohio's 1.9 million PreK-12 students, their parents, and their teachers.
Ohio Department of Education: Academic Content Standards
Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA)
The Ohio Educational Library Media Association is Ohio's preeminent professional association for highly effective school librarians and libraries.
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Our mission is to advocate for school librarians as they educate students for success.

High School to College: General Internet Resources

8 Things First-Year Students Fear About College
"There’s this little secret college-bound and first-year college students outwardly deny: They are scared sick about going off to college."
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Article from education.com
Federal Student Aid
The office of Federal Student Aid provides grants, loans, and work-study funds for college or career school.
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Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation. At the office of Federal Student Aid, our 1,200 employees help make college education possible for every dedicated mind by providing more than $150 billion in federal grants, loans, and work-study funds each year to more than 15 million students paying for college or career school. We are proud to sponsor millions of American minds pursuing their educational dreams.
College Board
Information about the PSAT and SAT. Resources to help you map out a plan for college and walk you through the college selection and application process.
College Navigator
Find the right college for you!
Mapping Your Future
Career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services for students, families, and schools.
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Mapping Your Future is a national collaborative, public-service, nonprofit organization providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services for students, families, and schools.

Mapping Your Future is sponsored by student loan guaranty agencies – many of which are nonprofit or state agencies – from around the country.
National Resource Center First Year Experience and Students in Transition
The National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition serves as the trusted expert, internationally recognized leader, and clearinghouse for scholarship, policy, and best practice for all postsecondary student transitions.
Transition Year
The Transition Year is an online resource center to help parents and students focus on emotional health before, during and after the college transition.
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Whether you need help picking a school that is the best fit, are looking for tips on managing stress once on campus, or want guidance in making a smooth transition for a student dealing with an issue like depression, this site has the tools and information you need. The Transition Year is an online resource center to help parents and students focus on emotional health before, during and after the college transition.

It's common to assume that the major obstacle in adjusting to campus life will be academic. However, research shows that emotional issues are most likely to interfere with success at college. Transition Year helps you prepare.
Student Aid on the Web
Information from the U.S. Department of Education on preparing for and funding education beyond high school.