PHEAA's Latest Publications

Exercise Your Mind Elementary Activity Book
This book contains loads of games and activities to ignite interest in the areas of Career Exploration, Student Development, Critical Thinking/Logic, and Financial Literacy. These key areas prepare students for a bright future and focused academic career.

Career Wheel
The Career Wheel, based on the U.S. Department of Education's 16 career clusters, is an interactive tool designed to build middle school students' awareness about the many careers available to them after high school and to encourage them to begin early to think about how higher education figures into their career plans.

Middle School Activity Book
This booklet contains a compilation of various activities and exercises that counselors and teachers can duplicate within the classroom. For instructor use only.

My EducationPlanner.org: Middle School Activity Book
This book for middle level students is a companion to the
EducationPlanner.org website. Nine activities, revolving around the Discovering, Preparing and Selecting modules are offered to help students explore this nationally recognized career and education planning website.

As they navigate EducationPlanner.org to complete each activity, students will gain a better understanding of their own interests and abilities to begin making individual choices about their future.

The PA Guide to Student Aid Handbook 2007-2008 contains everything parents and students need to know about paying for higher education. This booklet details the costs involved in higher education along with scholarships, grants, work study programs, and loans. It also describes the criteria for applying for and receiving financial aid in addition to checklists and timelines.

EducationPlanner.org Brochure
This brochure provides an overview of the EducationPlanner.org website and each of its six sections: Discovering, Preparing, Selecting, Applying, Deciding, and Paying.

EducationPlanner.org Careers Brochure
This brochure for middle and high school students promotes EducationPlanner's free career tools feature. It contains information on The Career Key™ Personality Tests (leads to the Holland Personality Type), a Career Self-Assessment Quiz, and data on hundreds of careers. The brochure also has specific information for parents and counselors.

EducationPlanner Guidance Counselor Guide
This brochure details the resources available on
EducationPlanner.org, designed to assist counselors in guiding their students towards obtaining their educational goals.

Moving Up
Do you know an adult who would like to return to school to complete or to begin his or her higher education? Moving Up is a comprehensive financial aid handbook which contains information for the adult who is returning to higher education or is enrolling for the first time. This booklet is only available in Spanish.