"The latest entrant in the information sweepstakes is being unveiled today by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities," Inside Higher Ed reports. "The groups' new Web site, College Portrait, brings together in one place the individual Web pages produced by the 302 public colleges and universities that have agreed thus far to participate in the organizations' Voluntary System of Accountability, which they designed, in part, to respond to the pressure from Spellings and others to bolster higher education accountability. College Portrait joins the other major effort launched by a college group to date, the University and College Accountability Network begun by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the federal government's own College Navigator Web site. And it comes just a few days after the Education Conservancy unveiled an early version of its College Speaks site, which is designed as a more individualized, education-focused alternative to the college rankings popularized by U.S. News & World Report."

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