University Website Reviews in Colorado Springs: Part 1

Submitted by Sara Parks on 07/11/2014 - 11:16:am

As the debate over higher-ed websites continues, I wanted to provide some concrete advice for some of the higher-ed websites in our own Colorado Springs backyard.

Here are my thoughts on the top three universities in Colorado Springs: Colorado College (CC), The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS), and Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC). This post is the intro to the series that will be rolling out, with one post a week.

The goal is not to do a long examination of each website to bring you the nitty gritty details, but focusing on content strategy and information architecture, because those are the aspects important to visitors.

Each review includes suggestions for improvement as well as areas that each website excels, so I hope you enjoy reading them and maybe you can pass it along to the university's themselves (hint, hint).

Full disclosure, I am an alumnus and current MBA student at UCCS, but I tried to not let it affect my judgement.