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Discover the College Portrait website and the MUS involvement, providing reliable data for prospective students and families. Learn about its purpose, sources, and participation by MUS institutions. Explore FAQs on data reliability and updates.
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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?