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Executive Summary. Agenda Item: College Portrait. Purpose: provide an overview College Portrait web site and MUS involvement. College Portrait – What is it?. Source of basic, comparable information about public colleges and institutions presented in a common, user-friendly format
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Executive Summary Agenda Item: College Portrait Purpose: provide an overview College Portrait web site and MUS involvement.
College Portrait – What is it? • Source of basic, comparable information about public colleges and institutions presented in a common, user-friendly format • Designed to be trustworthy source of reliable data for prospective students and their families • Created as part of the Voluntary System of Accountability, (VSA) - a program designed to provide greater accountability through accessible, transparent, and comparable information • Sponsored by two nonprofit organizations in Washington DC – the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC).
www.collegeportraits.org MUS Participating Institutions: The University of Montana Montana State University Montana State University - Billings
Follow-up Questions Sample questions Regents may wish to pursue • What type of information is provided on College Portrait? • Why don’t more MUS institutions participate? • How long does take an institution to develop the information? • How often are the data updated?