Overview of College Site Access
College Site Access provides unlimited access for students, faculty and alumni to The BIG Guide Online. It is a comprehensive, interactive Web site that helps students and young professionals build global career skills. The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas, on which The BIG Guide Online is based, is known as the world’s best international career guide.
OUR CLIENTS: College Site Access was launched in the fall of 2008 when more than 865,000 students at 65 schools began using our interactive web site. We invite you to view our current list of school subscribers.
Why Do Schools Need College Site Access?
- The world is flat!
- Students are facing a new world of work in today’s GLOBAL ECONOMY.
- International acumen is essential for students and young professionals looking to grow their careers.
- The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas is the authoritative guide to help students and student advisors navigate the best career options in the global economy.
- The BIG Guide Online will empower your students to build the critical global career skills required for future success - starting in their first year at college.
- Ask your school to consider purchasing College Site Access to The BIG Guide Online.
- EMPOWER your students today!
Benefits of College Site Access Subscription
Highlights
- Individual user accounts (each user can customize their guide).
- Highly interactive Web site (not a PDF file).
- 24/7 access to expert career advice and tools.
- View orientation videos or scheduale a free demonstration webinar.
Standard Access (Content & Basic Features)
- These components are available with the Standard price plan.
- Access the world’s best international career guide!
- Content: 43 Chapters of Expert Advice, 48+ Quick Guides, 2,500+ Organization Profiles, 1,100+ Annotated. Resources in 75 Bibliographies.
- View a list of recent major up-dates and a list of what lies ahead.
- See Table of Contents.
- See Ten Reasons to Purchase The BIG Guide.
- Basic Features: My Notes, Yellow Highlighting, Discard, My Bookmarks, Searches, Easy Navigation, Guest Contributors, Reader Contributions, Reader Reviews.
- Learn more about the Standard Access Features.
- Usage statistics: detailed usage statistics available upon request.
Premium Access (My Guide & Tools)
- Additional components are available with the Premium price plan (including Standard Access).
- Tools include our popular Quick Guides with reproduction rights for student advising, Quick Tip Videos, YouTube Faves and Student Advisor tools. Learn more about Tools.
- My Guide: 8 “My Guide” features focusing on student customization. We are especially excited about “My Learning Path” which enable students to identify their goals while providing a customized learning path. Other features include My Inventory of International Skills, My Scorecard, My Bookmarks, My Notes, My School, My School Network and My Profile.
- Learn more about My Guide.
- Alumni registrations: school administrators can easily provide access to their alumni (even if alumni do not have a school e-mail address).
- Usage statistics: live detailed usage statistics always available online.
How Does The Contracting Process Work?
- With College Site Access your students first access The BIG Guide Online via links on your college Web site.
- Permission to access is given to any students, faculty or alumni who register using the school’s e-mail address (alternative registration systems are also available).
- The College Site Access service agreement is for one year.
- Learn more about the Contracting Process.
- Request an online demonstration of College Site Access for your school.