Transparency and Accountability
AASCU works with a variety of partner
organizations to provide innovative tools, metrics and reporting frameworks
that member institutions can use to (1) inform data-driven improvement efforts
and (2) communicate about their performance to a variety of stakeholders,
including students, policy makers and the public.
Currently, AASCU is engaged in two major
initiatives in the area of transparency of accountability:
- Student Achievement Measure (SAM): The
Student Achievement Measure (SAM) is a collaborative effort by six leading
higher education associations to enhance transparency and provide the public
with a more comprehensive measure of college student progress and completion.
- Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA): Created
in 2007 through a partnership between the Association of Public and Land-grant
Universities (APLU) and AASCU, the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)
promotes greater accountability through accessible, transparent and comparable
information on public four-year institutions of higher education.