Voluntary System of Accountability
UNC is among 319 colleges and universities across the nation who have joined the Voluntary System of Accountability, a national initiative intended to assist students, their families, policy makers, and the general public by providing comparable and transparent information about individual institutions.
The initiative was designed through collaboration between the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) to meet the needs of students, their families, and other higher education stakeholders for easier access to information about enrollment, cost of attendance, student experiences, and learning outcomes.
UNC is pleased to be among the first institutions to adopt the VSA. As a member of the VSA, UNC provides an annual update on a variety of student and institutional characteristics through the College Portrait. The College Portrait organizes this information in an easy to find, single location on our website. Visitors to UNC’s College Portrait will find . . .
- National Student Clearinghouse data on student persistence and graduation rates;
- a cost calculator that provides an estimate of financial aid eligibility;
- information about recent graduates' post-baccalaureate plans;
- the results of the CIRP College Senior Survey, a questionnaire that provides information about student experiences at UNC;
- the results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment, an assessment that measures student learning gains in critical thinking and written communication; and
- much more valuable information about the student experience at UNC.