Executive Summary

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Executive Summary

• Agenda Item College Portrait

Purpose provide an overview College Portrait
web site and MUS involvement.
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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).

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www.collegeportraits.org
MUS Participating Institutions The University of
Montana Montana State University Montana State
University - Billings
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Follow-up Questions
Sample questions Regents may wish to pursue

• What type of information is provided on College
  Portrait?
• Why dont more MUS institutions participate?
• How long does take an institution to develop the
  information?
• How often are the data updated?