What is AvScholars.com?
AvScholars.com is the premier aviation educational and career-related
web site. It is the most comprehensive online resource that assists
students and families with all aspects of pursuing a higher education
and career within the field of aviation/aerospace. The overall objective
of AvScholars.com is to address the needs of students by acting as
a central forum for the collection and dissemination of information,
resources, and tools at one location, entirely online.
What exactly does AvScholars.com offer?
AvScholars.com offers an array of features and services to help students
and their parents make educated decisions about their educational
and career goals. There are 16 channels (content areas) for students
and parents to select a topic for their situation (need), seven online
communities, and My AvScholars 8 Searchable Directories. Each channel
targets are clearly defined audience. Provided below is a snap shot
of the features and services on AvScholars.com.
Featured
Channels:
• Careers
• College Preparation
• Learn to Fly
• Pay for School
•Pay for Flight Training
• Employment Opportunities
Outreach Sectors:
• Kids/Youth
• Minorities
• Women
• Parents
• Educators
Additional Resources:
• Aviation Pioneers
• Government Agencies
• Military Services
• Museums
• Organizations/Clubs |
Online
Communities:
• Message Boards
• Ask the Experts
• Online Mentors
• Career Speakers
• Photo Galleries
• Calendar of Events
• e-Newsletters
MyAvScholars Directories:
• Elementary/High School Directory
• Collegiate Directory
• Flight School Directory
• Scholarship Directory
• Internship/Job Directory
• Summer/Youth Programs Directory
• Organization Directory
• Museum Directory |
What is My AvScholars?
My AvScholars is a comprehensive collection of seven directories that
allows registered users to create a personalized account and search
all directories at one location. Each directory will allow users to
simplify and/or customize their searches. My AvScholars will help
college-bound high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in
searching and selecting an institution, flight school, scholarship,
and/or internship to apply as a candidate to further their education
and career.
My AvScholars’ Directories consist of the:
• Elementary/High School Directory
• Collegiate Directory
• Flight School Directory
• Scholarship Directory
• Internship/Job Directory
• Summer/Youth Programs Directory
• Organization Directory
• Museum Directory
My AvScholars will also help parents and educators by allowing them
to assist in their children and students education by directing them
to the appropriate resources that can provide guidance and support,
as necessary. My AvScholars is a free service provided on AvScholars.com.
Why was AvScholars created? Aren't there already dozens of
other aviation and college-related web sites?
AvScholars.com was created by author and self-publisher Sedgwick
Hines, after its conception in 1999 as a spin-off of the second edition
of the self-published book Aviation Scholarships. In order to provide
students and parents with up-to-date and accurate information, Mr.
Hines decided to use technology (via The Internet) to filter and distribute
this information in a timely fashion. The result was the creation
of AvScholars.com.
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March 2000, AvScholars launched an Internet initiative to help
students and families plan and pay for college and flight training.
Over the years, AvScholars has received questions from students
and parents typically asking: |
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What
types of careers are there in the field of aviation/aerospace? |
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Which institutions
and/or flight school offer a particular curriculum, certificate,
or degree? |
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Where and how to
search and apply to these institutions and/or flight schools
for admission? |
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What is the process
of learning how to fly to become a pilot? |
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Where and how to
search and apply for scholarships, grants, and loans for financial
assistance? |
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What types of internships
and cooperative education programs are available for career
advancement? |
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Who can I talk too
for advice? Are there mentors? |
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What types of organizations
are available for me to join and become a member? |
After receiving and responding to varying but similar questions,
Mr. Hines realized that there was no single web site that helped students
and parents navigate through the entire process of preparing and planning
for a career within the aviation/aerospace industry. Other aviation-related
web sites focus on just one component of the education process, such
as a financial aid or learning how to fly, forcing students and families
to search multiple web sites to fill their needs.
AvScholars.com was created to meet the needs of students and families
by providing them with a comprehensive online resource to help them
with all aspects of pursuing a career within the field of aviation/aerospace
at one location, entirely online.
What are the advantages of using AvScholars.com versus using
other web sites?
The advantage is that students and families have free access to various
resources and tools to help them prepare and plan for a career within
the aviation/aerospace industry at one location, entirely online.
Most often, students and families are researching various aspects
to help them with their educational and career goals. For example,
if students are researching colleges that offer aviation/aerospace
curriculum; they are also researching scholarships and grants to help
pay for their education. By centralizing all aspects of planning for
a career within the aviation/aerospace in one location; students and
their families need to visit only one Internet resource to find answers
to their questions, instead of spending countless hours searching
the Internet. As students and families become more familiar with all
aspects of pursuing a higher education within the field of aviation/aerospace,
they can make educated decisions about their educational and career
goals.
How popular do you expect AvScholars.com to be?
Since March 2000, AvScholars.com has received over 2.9 million unique
visitors. Currently, our site attracts over 150,000 visitors each
month. Each year, our presence and reputation steadily grows. We expect
to continue this growth trend through strategic alliances/partnerships,
aggressive on-line and off-line marketing strategies, and positive
word-of-mouth from previous web site’s visitors. Over time,
we expect AvScholars.com to be the most visited aviation educational-
and career-related web site on the Internet.
Do you plan to form alliances and partnerships with other
aviation and educational organizations? Yes! AvScholars
plan to develop strategic alliances and partnerships with key aviation
and educational organizations to help us enhance our web site's existing
content, more broadly distribute our content, increase exposure, establish
credibility, and significantly generate traffic to AvScholars.com.
We will attempt to create a “diverse” community by developing
alliances with various organizations whose goals are to encourage
minorities and women to pursue a career within the aviation/aerospace
industry. Strategic alliances and partnerships are a critical element
to the success of AvScholars.com.
Are there any restrictions to using AvScholars.com - what
is the process for utilizing its services?
Access to AvScholars.com is FREE. However, should
visitors (i.e. students, parents, educators, etc.) want to search
My AvScholars Directories, save their results, and access it at a
later date, they will have to register. Registering to search My AvScholars
Directories is FREE.
What is AvScholars’ Privacy Policy? Is the personal
information collected on students distributed to marketing agencies?
AvScholars is committed to safeguarding users' privacy on AvScholars.com.
We will not share, sell, rent or otherwise transfer information without
the user's permission, and then only in accordance with the terms
set forth in the Privacy Policy on AvScholars.com. Our is prominently displayed on our web site’s
home page, on each web page in the footer, and at each place where
personally identifiable information may be requested. If we materially
change the Privacy Policy, we will notify our users at least 30 days
prior to the effective date. Our Privacy Policy is online and can
be viewed at any time.
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