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September 16, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CSU Rolls Out ‘College Portrait’ and ‘Public
Good’ Information
as part of national Voluntary System of Accountability
The California
State University has committed to providing data on student learning,
engagement,
enrollment and graduation as part of a national initiative called
the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA), and today rolled
out its College Portrait and Public Good web pages that provide
unprecedented
information about the undergraduate student experience.
Each of the 23 CSU campuses is developing an individualized campus
web-based template that provides information on student characteristics,
including age and ethnicity; retention and graduation rates, financial
aid, student experiences and perceptions, and student learning
outcomes.
 CSU Dominguez Hills was an early
adopter of VSA. Click on the image to the right to visit
the university's VSA web page
and
view
the
CSUDH
College
Portrait.
In
addition, the CSU is going beyond the VSA College Portrait template
and adding a “public good” contributions page
to each campus template. Included in the CSU “public good” page
is information on total degrees awarded, the contribution of CSU
students to the workforce, number of Pell Grant recipients, average
net tuition and fees paid per student, and the average loan debt
for CSU bachelor’s degree recipients. “As the largest public university system in the country,
CSU has been a leader in this voluntary effort to highlight how
our students are acquiring critical thinking, information literacy
and communications skills,” said CSU Chancellor Charles B.
Reed. “We have taken it one page further by developing a ‘public
good’ contributions page that shows the diversity of our
students, the true cost to attend a CSU, and our contribution of
graduates to the workforce.”
Click on the links below for more about the CSU
College Portrait and Public Good:
Background on
the CSU lead in this initiative.
CSU College Portrait and Public Good sites
Voluntary
System of Accountability web site # # #
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About California
State University
The California State University is the largest system
of senior higher education in the country, with 23 campuses,
approximately 450,000 students and 46,000 faculty and staff.
Since the system was created in 1961, it has awarded nearly 2.5
million degrees, about 90,000 annually. Its mission is to provide
high-quality, affordable education to meet the ever-changing
needs of the people of California. With its commitment to excellence,
diversity and innovation, the CSU is the university system that
is working for California. Visit www.calstate.edu.
About
CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered
environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
programs include computer science, criminal justice,
recreation and leisure
studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex
that hosts
world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and
cycling.
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