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. AvScholars.com
is a service provided by AvScholars Publishing, LLC.
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 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 |
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
• 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. 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.
| In
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: |
| • |
What
types of careers are there in the field of aviation/aerospace? |
| • |
Which institutions
and/or flight school offer a particular curriculum,
certificate, or degree? |
| • |
Where and
how to search and apply to these institutions and/or
flight schools for admission? |
| • |
What is the
process of learning how to fly to become a pilot? |
| • |
Where and
how to search and apply for scholarships, grants, and
loans for financial assistance? |
| • |
What types
of internships and cooperative education programs are
available for career advancement? |
| • |
Who can I
talk too for advice? Are there mentors? |
| • |
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 fulfill 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 100,000
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 Publishing, LLC 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.
