Executive Summary

Agenda Item: College Portrait

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

• 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).

College Portrait – What is it?

www.collegeportraits.org

MUS Participating Institutions:

The University of Montana

Montana State University

Montana State University - Billings

Follow-up Questions

• 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?

Sample questions Regents may wish to pursue