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System Design and Information Taskforce

Chair Ruth Person Chancellor Indiana University Kokomo
  Mark Becker Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost University of South Carolina
  Marc Burnett Vice President for Student Affairs Tennessee Tech University
  Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Research California State University
  Meg Lauerman Director of University Communications University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  Alan Mabe Vice President for Academic Planning and University-School Programs University of North Carolina
  Risa Palm Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs State University of New York System Administration
  Deb Teeter University Director for Institutional Research and Planning University of Kansas
  Jennifer Videtto Institutional Research Director Northwestern State University of Louisiana


Task Force Charge

The task force is charged to explore overall questions about the Voluntary System of Accountability. The task force will develop recommendations to answer:

  • How can we promote adoption and use of VSA by higher education institutions?
  • How can the system be governed, managed and maintained?
  • By what process should the VSA be revised or expanded in the future?
  • How should the VSA be promoted to a public audience?
  • In light of the reality that participating institution VSA information will only be displayed on their own websites, should the VSA develop wording, format, look and feel conventions for all participating institutions so as to respond to public concern about comparability of information

System Design and Information Task Force members are charged to closely monitor the work of the other VSA Task Forces and Technical Work Groups while that work is in process and to raise questions with the other task forces that will prompt them to be aware of these system questions.