LibGuides: ENG 111: College Composition I (Cook-Loudoun): Websites

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Websites

Search Google for your topic keywords. Look for government, education, and/or organization webpages as well as news/magazine publications. Be cautious if using Wikipedia as the content cannot be verified.

Before using information found on a webpage, consider the following criteria to evaluate its credibility.

Who is the author?
What are his/her qualifications?
Why was the website created?
When was it last updated?
How reliable is the information?

For further guidance, please refer to NOVA Libraries' How to...Evaluate Websites research guide.

Suggested Websites

Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed provides the latest news, analysis and solutions for the entire higher education community.
NPR: Higher Ed
NPR is an independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public.
NEA: National Education Association
NEA is the world's largest professional organization of teachers, administrators, and other educators associated with elementary, secondary schools, colleges and universities. Their mission is to advocate for education professionals and to unite members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.

Think Tanks

Think tanks conduct research and issue reports advocating for positions on policy issues. These may be institutes associated with associations or universities. Some lean left, such as the Brookings Institute, while others lean right, like the American Enterprise Institute. Most concentrate on a few issues. SourceWatch maintains a list of think tanks.

Think tanks with significant interest in education include the following:

Brookings Institute

Cato Institute

Center for Education Policy, SRI International (Stanford Research)

Harvard Center for Education Policy Research

Mathematica Policy Research

RAND Corporation

Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis

Urban Institute