Useful Links

FAPSC maintains close working relationships with state offices, government agencies, and other education organizations. The following links are provided as a resource to help you stay in touch with these partners.

U.S. Department of Education

• Federal Student Aid
• Office of Postsecondary Education
• U.S. Department of Education
• Student Financial Assistance

 State Agencies

• Board of Governors
• Commission for Independent Education
• Council for Education Policy Research and Improvement
• Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking for Students
• Florida Department of Education
• Florida House of Representative
• Florida Prepaid College Plan
• Florida Senate
• Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future
• MyFlorida - Gateway to Florida Governmental Agencies
• Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA)
• Workforce Florida, Inc. - State Workforce Board
• OPPAGA

 Accrediting Agencies

• Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools- ABHES
• Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine-ACAOM
• Accrediting Commission of Career Colleges of Schools and Technology-ACCSCT
• Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training-ACCET
• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education-ACCME
• Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools- ACICS
• American Academy for Liberal Education-AALE
• Association for Biblical Higher Education--ABHE
• Council on Occupational Education-COE
• Distance Education & Training Council-DETC
• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools-MSACS
• Midwifery Education Accreditation Council-MEAC
• National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences-NACCAS
• National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission-NLNAC
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges-NEASC
• North Central Association of Schools and Colleges-NCACS
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges-SACS
• Transnational Association of Colleges and Schools-TRACS

Career College Organizations

• Arizona Private School Association
• California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools
• Career College Association-CCA
• Coalition of New York State Career Schools
• Imagine America
• Maryland Association of Private Colleges and Career Schools
• Massachusetts Association of Private Career Schools
• Michigan Association of Career School
• Minnesota Career College Association
  
• New York  Association of Proprietary Colleges
• Private Career School Association of New Jersey
• Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools
• Oklahoma Private School Association 
• Tennessee Association of Independent Colleges and Schools
• Virginia Career College Association 
• Career Colleges and Schools of Texas

Publications of Interest

• Career College Central
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Florida Leader Magazine
• Florida Trend's NEXT magazine
• Tampa Tribune
• St. Pete Times
• Miami Herald
• Orlando Sentinel
• Jacksonville Times Union
• Tallahassee Democrat
• Workforce Insider Newsletter

Websites of Interest

• Facebook
• Schoolblender
• Student Loan Listings