Top Sites Reviewed and Other Examples

Cornell University: http://www.cornell.edu/ 
Pro: Easy to read and navigate, collegial, clean
Con: Stuffy/Formal, Not student friendly, not enrollment oriented

Pima College: http://www.pima.edu/
Pro: well laid out, easy to navigate, provided great information, nice design
Con: narrow fixed width layout design, could be more dynamic, not too exciting

Northland College: http://northland.edu/ 
 Pro:  faculty profiles, good use of images and student testimonials, fonts, events calendar, pleasant layout, lots of white space, fresh design, color scheme, navigation, drop down bars on top navigation.

Con: lack of good integrated course information; library site is completely different.




Portland Community College: http://www.pcc.edu/
Pro: Program Information, consistent site, student centered, 5 main topics - use of photos
Con: Color scheme is boring, no visual appeal

Washtenaw Community College
http://www.wccnet.edu/

Pro:  Very creative, unique, very appropriate blend of color, design, and graphics, calendar page, course listing, navigation and layout
Con: busy, distracting, events pushed to the bottom of page

Biola University http://www.biola.edu/undergrad/ (peoples choice)
Pro: Nice campus map. Colors and graphics. Verbiage is good and student friendly. Graphics are hip and eye catching. Exciting and vibrant. A lot of information in a student friendly format.
Con:  Main navigation links are not as easy to see as they conflict with all of the information on the front page.

Randolph College
http://www.randolphcollege.edu/x5.xml

Pro: nice clean look, consistent, uncluttered design, good contrast, dominant student images, good search feature, rss feeds, video with photo layout on main page, heavy use of flash (pro/con)
Con: bottom half of main page doesn't balance the top (heavy graphics on top), some navigation (tiny text on top), courses/programs hard to find

Gateway Community College - Program page
http://www.gatewaycc.edu/Programs/
Pro:  Program page:  nice use of photos, navigation is clear, student centered information, thumbnails good use of faculty marketing/blog/etc.





Boston University http://www.bu.edu/
Drop Down Menu Example
Virginia Commenwealth University (new) (DROP DOWN MENU EXAMPLE)
http://www.preview.vcu.edu/index.php

http://web.trinity.edu/x845.xml  (nice news and events page) ea, nice slideshow with images
Washington State University has a nice photo/video on home page