College Lists 2.0 Moderators: Scott White, Montclair High School Shelley Krause, Rutgers Preparatory School Panelists: Elise Miller, National Center for Education Statistics Robert Morse, U.S. News & World Report Lloyd Thacker, Education Conservancy Cigus Vanni, Cherry Hill West

An ocean of information

FILTERING is key Context makes a BIG DIFFERENCE CONNECTING is critical

Context

makes a

BIG

DIFFERENCE

Blog: a record of a learning journey What's on your mind?

Wiki: a shared space where people can collaborate

And you all know about databases! Books are great. Especially if they are indexed. But tables and databases are searchable, sortable, updatable. (Or at least they should be.)

Books are great.

Especially if they are indexed.

But tables and databases are

searchable, sortable, updatable.

(Or at least they should be.)

College Board - Marine Biology - 93 results

College Board - Marine Biology - 93 results

Navigator - Marine Biology - 86 results

Navigator - Marine Biology - 86 results

IPEDS - degree completion statistics

IPEDS - degree completion statistics

College Navigator Currently available info: Programs offered Degrees awarded Retention rates Graduation rates Price of attendance Aid availability Campus safety Accreditation

Currently available info:

Programs offered

Degrees awarded

Retention rates

Graduation rates

Price of attendance

Aid availability

Campus safety

Accreditation

Looking Ahead 2009: Consumer information items Multi-year tuition calculator State spending chart 2010: 3 yrs of average net price 1 yr of average net price disaggregated by income 2011: College Affordability Lists

2009:

Consumer information items

Multi-year tuition calculator

State spending chart

2010:

3 yrs of average net price

1 yr of average net price disaggregated by income

2011:

College Affordability Lists

Why do we do what we do?

Do we agree that tools serve questions derived from values? As educators, what are the values and questions such powerful tools – now in all of our hands – demand from us? What is our VQ (values and questions) coefficient?

Do we agree that tools serve

questions derived from values?

As educators, what are the values and questions such powerful tools – now in all of our hands – demand from us?

What is our VQ

(values and questions) coefficient?

Transparency & Voluntary Accountability… value-added? VSA = 329 public colleges/universities U-Can = nearly 800 private institutions

NACAC’s Knowledge Center NACAC’s listserv check out the College Lists wiki read/subscribe to some helpful blogs (or start one!) “ The genius is in the conversation…”

NACAC’s Knowledge Center

NACAC’s listserv

check out the College Lists wiki

read/subscribe to some helpful blogs

(or start one!)

“ The genius is in the conversation…”

So let’s continue the conversation... these slides available on NACAC’s site, as well as on Slideshare, tagged "NACAC09" Moderators Scott White [email_address] Shelley Krause [email_address] .org @butwait on Twitter http: //relaxnoreally . blogspot .com Panelists Elise Miller [email_address] Robert Morse [email_address] http://www. usnews . com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/ Lloyd Thacker [email_address] Cigus Vanni [email_address]

Moderators

Scott White

[email_address]

Shelley Krause

[email_address] .org

@butwait on Twitter

http: //relaxnoreally . blogspot .com

Resources Mentioned http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com http://collegelists.pbworks.com http://www.internationalcounselor.org http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator http://www.naviance.com/ http://collegelists.pbworks.com/College-Search-Engines http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges http://www.educationconservancy.org http://www.ucan-network.org http://www.collegeportraits.org http://www.nacacnet.org/KnowledgeCenter

http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com

http://collegelists.pbworks.com

http://www.internationalcounselor.org

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator

http://www.naviance.com/

http://collegelists.pbworks.com/College-Search-Engines

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges

http://www.educationconservancy.org

http://www.ucan-network.org

http://www.collegeportraits.org

http://www.nacacnet.org/KnowledgeCenter

Image Credits all images used via a share-and-share-alike Creative Commons license, or with explicit permission Slide 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/untitlism/2485638194 (fishermen) Slide 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fras/2620018845/ (red collander) http://www.flickr.com/photos/29093956@N00/1947517257 (old fashioned phone) Slide 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21257461@N05/2550349404 (question notebook) Slide 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/1384952210 (soccer teamwork) Slide 7: graphic generated by http://www. wordle .net/ with text from the College Lists wiki Slide 10: graphic generated by http://chartle.net with input from White & Krause Slide 14: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9ahob/2630086607/ (back-lit figures stretching)

Slide 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/untitlism/2485638194 (fishermen)

Slide 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fras/2620018845/ (red collander)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29093956@N00/1947517257 (old fashioned phone)

Slide 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21257461@N05/2550349404 (question notebook)

Slide 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/1384952210 (soccer teamwork)

Slide 7: graphic generated by http://www. wordle .net/ with text from the College Lists wiki

Slide 10: graphic generated by http://chartle.net with input from White & Krause

Slide 14: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9ahob/2630086607/ (back-lit figures stretching)