{"id":747,"date":"2019-08-14T15:04:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connect.pasco.k12.fl.us\/jmetzger\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:25:34","slug":"college-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/college-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"College Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Florida Shines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Planning for your future?\u00a0 Need some help?\u00a0 The state of Florida has an excellent website entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridashines.org\">Florida Shines<\/a> to help you in your search.\u00a0 On this site you will find college and career resources to assist you with decisions regarding your future interests and goals.\u00a0 Or, you can search by school or program for public and private schools within the state that offer a degree program that fits your needs.\u00a0 Regardless of the level of decision making that you find yourself in, planning your future career with the help of the Florida Shines is a great starting point!<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridacollegeaccess.org\/\">Florida College Access Network <\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Our Mission is to create and strengthen a statewide network that catalyzes and supports communities to improve college &amp; career preparation, access, and completion for all students.<\/p>\n<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Florida Public University Information<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/d\/d1\/Florida_Board_of_Governors_logo.png\/170px-Florida_Board_of_Governors_logo.png\" \/><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-SUS-MATRIX.pdf\">SUS Matrix 24-25<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Private Colleges &amp; Universities of Florida<br \/><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PCUF, is an organization of twenty of Florida\u2019s most competitive and prestigious private colleges and universities. Together we work with over 79,000 of the best and brightest college students from Florida, the United States and the world.\u00a0 PCUF is an informal organization that shares ideas\u00a0 concerning recruitment and enrollment practices.\u00a0Click the link for more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/pcuf.net\/\">www.pcuf.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>College Housing Assistance Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF)<\/strong> provides rent-free housing opportunities for income-eligible students and proudly serves students attending four major universities in Florida: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.famu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida A&amp;M University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fgcu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Gulf Coast University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida State University<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Florida<\/a>. They also serve students attending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcc.fl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tallahassee Community College<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfccnm.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Fe College<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information and to apply, visit the <a title=\"Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southernscholarship.org\">Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Cooperative Living Orgainzation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cloliving.org\">Cooperative Living Organization or CLO<\/a> is a low-cost housing option for incoming UF and Santa Fe College students in Gainesville, Florida.\u00a0 Student residents of this program pay about half as much in rent as their peers in on-campus housing and enjoy a meal plan, parking, internet, and utilities included as well.\u00a0 CLO is located only a block north of UF&#8217;s main campus.\u00a0 Applications and further details are available on the <a title=\"Cooperative Living Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cloliving.org\">CLO<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other College Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigfuture.collegeboard.org\/?excmpid=vt-00061\">Big Future<\/a> \u00a0Find, apply, afford, and enroll in a college that is right for you with this step-by-step CollegeBoard guide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Shines Planning for your future?\u00a0 Need some help?\u00a0 The state of Florida has an excellent website entitled Florida Shines to help you in your search.\u00a0 On this site you will find college and career resources to assist you with decisions regarding your future interests and goals.\u00a0 Or, you can search by school or program &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/college-resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;College Resources&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-747","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/747\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/asimons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}