TCNJ News
For Immediate Release
July 29, 2008
TCNJ announces Voluntary System of Accountability
EWING, NJ … The College of New Jersey formally announced today its participation in the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA), which communicates information on the undergraduate student experience through a common web-reporting template called the College Portrait.
An early adopter of the College Portrait, TCNJ is one of only four public institutions in New Jersey and one of 266 institutions nationwide currently participating in the initiative.
The VSA is a voluntary initiative for four-year public colleges and universities. Developed through a partnership between the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), the VSA is designed to help institutions demonstrate accountability and stewardship to public, measure educational outcomes to identify effective educational practices, and assemble information that is accessible, understandable, and comparable.
Through an easy-to-read PDF template accessible from TCNJ’s website, the interactive College Portrait document clearly outlines undergraduate demographics, costs of attendance and financial aid, retention rates, popular programs future plans of bachelor’s degree recipients, and more. Not only does the portrait provide an easy-to-understand breakdown of key information, it also links directly to additional information, such as campus crime statistics reports, full undergraduate and graduate program lists, and unique tools, such as TCNJ’s Value Comparison calculator.
About The College of New Jersey
TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report, and is one of Kiplinger's Personal Finance's top educational values in the country. In 2006, the College joined an elite group of institutions when it was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Fewer than 10 percent of the nation's colleges and universities share this honor.
