WSU joins voluntary accountability effort

By Communications staff, Washington State University

WSU is one of 302 four-year public universities participating in the new Voluntary System of AccountabilityTM project, a partnership between the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

(For a full list of the 302 colleges and universities, go to the next page, below.)
 
Each VSA member produces a College PortraitTM using a specified template and posts it on the Web. Each portrait has three sections: Student and Family Information, Student Experiences and Perceptions, and Student Learning Outcomes.
 
The portraits provide high school students, parents, guidance counselors and other stakeholders with access to basic, comparable information about student characteristics, costs, student experience and learning outcomes for the participating colleges and universities in a user-friendly format.
 
A new website went online last week to provide easy access to all the descriptive portraits of the participating institutions. More than 190 universities have already posted a College PortraitTM while others will do so soon, according to NASULGC and AASCU. To view the site click the following link.
 
WSU expects its portrait to be online by the end of October, according to Fran Hermanson, associate director of Institutional Research who is leading development of WSU’s document. Other areas involved in the effort include Business and Finance; Enrollment Management; Provost; Student Affairs, Equity and Diversity; and University Relations.
This new approach “places America’s four-year public colleges and universities at the forefront of the higher education accountability movement,” said Peter McPherson, president of NASULGC.
 
The website with its series of portraits “is being unveiled at a time when severe financial constraints for both families and state governments increase our obligation to provide dependable, accurate information in keeping with our public trust,” said Constantine W. Curris, president of AASCU.
 
WSU is one of eight universities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska participating.
 
More than 80 higher education administrators and faculty members from more than 70 NASULGC and AASCU institutions participated in development of the new accountability project over a two-year period. Data elements included in the College PortraitTM were selected based on input from student/family focus groups and feedback from the higher education community and higher education research, according to NASULGC and AASCU.
 
VSA and the new website received funding from the Lumina Foundation for Education.
 
(For a list of the 302 colleges and universities, go to page 2)
 
 


College PortraitTM


 

List of Participating Institutions
 
September 25, 2008



 





Alabama

*
Alabama A&M University

*

Auburn
University


Jacksonville State University



Troy

University

*The

University of
Alabama

*The
University of
Alabama at

Birmingham

*
The University of Alabama in Huntsville

The

University of
Montevallo


 




Alaska

*
University of
Alaska

Fairbanks


 




Arizona

*
Northern Arizona University


 




Arkansas

*Arkansas State University-Jonesboro

*
University of Arkansas


University
of
Arkansas at

Monticello


 




California


California Maritime Academy

*
California Polytechnic State University


California State Polytechnic University, Pomona


California State University, Bakersfield


California State University, Channel Islands


California State University, Chico


California State University, Dominguez Hills


California State University, East Bay

*
California State University, Fresno

*
California State University, Fullerton


California State University, Long Beach


California State University, Los Angeles


California State University, Monterey Bay


California State University, Northridge

*
California State University, Sacramento


California State University, San Bernardino


California State University, San Marcos


California State University, Stanislaus


Humboldt State University

*
San Diego State University

*
San Francisco State University

*
San José State University


Sonoma State University



 



Colorado

*
Colorado State University

Colorado State University-Pueblo


Metropolitan State College of Denver

*
University of
Colorado at

Boulder


University
of
Colorado at

Colorado Springs

*
University of
Colorado at

Denver


University of Northern Colorado


 




Connecticut



Central

Connecticut
State
University

Eastern

Connecticut
State
University

Southern

Connecticut
State
University



Western

Connecticut
State
University


 




Delaware

*

Delaware
State
University

*

University of
Delaware


 




Florida



Florida

Gulf
Coast
University

*

Florida
International
University

*
Florida State University

*
University of Central Florida



University of North

Florida

*

University of South
Florida



University of West

Florida


 




Georgia



Armstrong

Atlantic
State
University

*

Fort
Valley
State
University



Georgia

College & State
University

*

Georgia Southern University

*
Georgia State University

*
University of Georgia


 




Idaho

*
University of Idaho


 



Illinois


Eastern Illinois University



Governors

State
University


Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville


University of Illinois, Springfield

*

University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign



Western

Illinois
University



 




Indiana


Indiana State University


Indiana University Kokomo


Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne

*
Purdue University


Purdue

University
Calumet



University
of
Southern Indiana




Iowa

*
Iowa State University

*
The University of Iowa


University of Northern Iowa


 




Kansas



Emporia

State
University



Fort

Hays
State
University

*

Kansas
State
University


Pittsburg State University

*
University of Kansas



Washburn

University

*
Wichita State University


 




Kentucky

Eastern

Kentucky
University

*

Kentucky
State
University



Morehead

State
University



Murray

State
University

*
University of Kentucky

*

University of
Louisville



Western

Kentucky
University


 




Louisiana


Grambling State University

*

Louisiana
State
University


Louisiana

State
University in

Shreveport

*
Louisiana Tech University


McNeese State University


Nicholls State University


Northwestern State University of Louisiana


Southeastern Louisiana University

*Southern University and

A&M
College


University of Louisiana at Lafayette


University of Louisiana at Monroe

*
University of New Orleans


 




Maine


University of Maine at Fort Kent



University
of
Maine
at Presque Isle


 




Maryland

Coppin

State
University



Frostburg

State
University


Salisbury University



Towson

University



University
of
Baltimore

*
University of
Maryland,

Baltimore
County

*
University of
Maryland,

College Park

*
University of
Maryland,
Eastern Shore


 






Michigan

*

Central
Michigan
University



Lake Superior

State
University

*
Michigan State University

*

Michigan Technological University

*

Oakland
University

*
Western Michigan University


 




Minnesota



Bemidji

State
University


Metropolitan State University


Minnesota

State
University

Mankato


Minnesota State University Moorhead



St. Cloud

State
University



Southwest

Minnesota
State
University

*
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities



Winona

State
University


 




Mississippi



Jackson

State
University

*

Mississippi
State
University

*
The University of Southern Mississippi


 




Missouri


Missouri
Southern

State
University


Missouri State University


Missouri University of Science & Technology



Northwest

Missouri
State
University


Southeast Missouri State University


Truman State University

*
University of Missouri

*
University of Missouri – Kansas City

*
University of Missouri – St. Louis


 




Montana

*
Montana State University


Montana State University, Billings

*

University of
Montana


 




Nebraska



Chadron

State
College



Peru

State
College


University of Nebraska at Kearney

*
University of
Nebraska at

Lincoln


University
of
Nebraska at

Omaha



Wayne

State
College


 




Nevada

*
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

*
University of
Nevada,

Reno


 




New Hampshire



Keene

State
College



Plymouth

State
University



 



New Jersey


The College of New Jersey

*

Montclair
State
University

The
Richard
Stockton
College of

New Jersey



William

Paterson
University


 




New Mexico

Eastern

New Mexico
University



New Mexico

Highlands
University

*

New Mexico
State
University

*

University of
New Mexico



Western

New Mexico
University


 




New York

*

Binghamton
University, SUNY



SUNY

Buffalo
State
College


SUNY Purchase College


SUNY Fredonia


SUNY Oneonta


 




North Carolina


Appalachian State University

*

East
Carolina
University



Elizabeth

City
State
University



Fayetteville

State
University

*
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University


North Carolina Central University



North Carolina

School
of the Arts

*

North Carolina
State
University


University of North Carolina at Asheville

*
University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill

*
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

*
University of North Carolina at Greensboro


The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

*
University of North Carolina at Wilmington



Western

Carolina
University



Winston

Salem
State
University


 




North Dakota


Minot State University

*
North Dakota State University



Valley

City
State
University


 




Ohio

*
Bowling Green State University



Central

State
University

*

Cleveland
State
University

*
Kent State University



Kent

State
University
Stark

*
Miami University

*
The Ohio State University

*
Ohio University



Shawnee

State
University

*

University of
Akron

*
University of Cincinnati

The

University of
Toledo

*
Wright State University


Youngstown State University


 




Oklahoma
 


Cameron University



East

Central
University


Northeastern State University

Northwestern

Oklahoma
State
University

*
Oklahoma State University

Southwestern

Oklahoma
State
University


University of Central Oklahoma


 




Pennsylvania


Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania


California University of Pennsylvania


Cheyney University of

Pennsylvania


Clarion University of Pennsylvania


East Stroudsburg University of

Pennsylvania


Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

*
Indiana University of Pennsylvania


Kutztown University of Pennsylvania


Lock Haven University of

Pennsylvania


Mansfield University of Pennsylvania


Millersville University of

Pennsylvania

*The

Pennsylvania
State
University


Shippensburg University of

Pennsylvania


Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

*

Temple
University

*

University of
Pittsburgh


West Chester University of

Pennsylvania


 


Puerto Rico

*


University
of
Puerto Rico
– Mayagüez


 




Rhode Island


Rhode Island College


 




South Carolina

The Citadel

*
Clemson University


Coastal Carolina University



Francis

Marion
University

*

University of
South Carolina


University of South Carolina Aiken



Winthrop

University


 




South Dakota



Black Hills

State
University



Dakota

State
University

Northern

State
University

*

South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology

*

South Dakota
State
University

*The

University of
South Dakota


 




Tennessee

*

Tennessee
State
University

*

University of
Memphis

*
University of
Tennessee,

Knoxville


 




Texas



Angelo

State
University



Lamar

University



Midwestern

State
University

*

Prairie
View
A&M
University



Sam

Houston
State
University



Stephen

F.
Austin
State
University



Sul

Ross
State
University



Tarleton

State
University

*

Texas
A&M
University



Texas

A&M
International
University



Texas

A&M
University
– Commerce



Texas

A&M
University
– Corpus Christi


Texas

A&M
University –

Kingsville


Texas

A&M
University –

Texarkana



Texas
Southern University


Texas

State
University –

San Marcos

*

Texas
Tech
University



Texas
Woman’s University

*

University of
Houston


University
of
Houston –

Clear
Lake



University
of
Houston
– Downtown

University of Houston –

Victoria

*

University of North
Texas

*The
University of
Texas at

Arlington

*The
University of
Texas at

Austin

The
University of
Texas at

Brownsville and


  

Texas
Southmost
College


University
of
Texas at

Dallas


University
of
Texas at

El Paso



University
of
Texas
– Pan American


University
of
Texas of the

Permian
Basin

*The
University of
Texas at

San Antonio

The
University of
Texas at

Tyler



West

Texas
A&M
University






Utah

*

University of
Utah

*

Utah
State
University



Utah

Valley
University


 




Vermont

*

University of
Vermont


 




Virginia



Longwood

University

*Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State


   
 University


 




Washington

Eastern

Washington
University


University
of
Washington,

Tacoma

*

Washington
State
University


 




West Virginia



Fairmont

State
University



Marshall

University



Shepherd

University

*

West Virginia
University


 




Wisconsin


University
of
Wisconsin –

Eau Claire


University
of
Wisconsin –

Green Bay


University
of
Wisconsin –

La Crosse

*
University of
Wisconsin –

Madison

*
University of
Wisconsin –

Milwaukee


University
of
Wisconsin –

Oshkosh



University
of
Wisconsin
– Parkside



University
of
Wisconsin
– Platteville



University
of
Wisconsin
– River Falls


University
of
Wisconsin –

Stevens Point



University
of
Wisconsin
– Stout


University
of
Wisconsin –

Superior



University
of
Wisconsin
– Whitewater


 




Wyoming

*

University of
Wyoming


 


 

 

* NASULGC member institutions


 

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