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Voluntary System of Accountability

The Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) aims to address concerns from the Spellings Commission by redefining college choice parameters, simplifying access to key information, and standardizing data presentation. Through the College Portrait web reporting template, VSA provides transparent insights into the undergraduate experience, specifically for prospective students, families, policymakers, and educators. Launched in November 2007 with pilot campuses, VSA emphasizes stakeholder choice in higher education while encouraging governance consultation for effective assessment use.

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Voluntary System of Accountability

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  1. Voluntary System of Accountability Overview

  2. VSA Goals • Respond to concerns raised by the Spellings Commission • Redefine what is important when choosing a college • Make it easy to find this information • Standardize presentation to ease criticisms about comparable information availability • Add process and outcome measures to what is reported

  3. VSAVoluntary System of Accountability • Through a web reporting template titled - College Portrait • VSA provides consistent, comparable, and transparent information on the undergraduate student experience to: key higher education stakeholders: • prospective students and their families • public policy-makers, legislators, and • campus faculty and staff.

  4. Overview of College Portrait The College Portrait reporting template is five pages in length • student and family information, • student experiences and perceptions, and • student learning outcomes. Three Sections

  5. Student Experiences and Perceptions

  6. Student Learning Outcomes

  7. VSA Pilot • Kicks of in November 2007, at AASCU/NASULGC national meetings • Participating campuses will be featured and websites launched • 8 SUNY campuses participating (ESF, Albany, Buffalo State, Oneonta, Purchase, Canton, Cobleskill, Maritime)

  8. VSA Response • SUNY has always been about CHOICE • VSA narrows options • Assessment data should be for program use not for comparison shopping • VSA should not be imposed—it should not happen without governance consultation Resolution: Governance consultation - Approved

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