Other HigherEd websites

How’s about a look at local schools?? University of Portland’s site caught my eye today. Nice and clean. I like how the homepage can only get so small or so big; it doesn’t stretch no collapse too much.

Portland State’s site is also good, but it
bothers me that it’s not centered (though neither is ours), and it’s interesting they chose to have no stretching or collapsing at all. Clicking around, you’ll find they offer a lot of simple bullet-list pages to funnel people quickly to interior content. It’s helpful, but not attractive.

Both sites have random photos come up in the main header, like ours. And interestingly, both sites have an affinity for rounded corners on colored boxes.

University of Oregon in Portland’s site mimics the main Oregon pages, with a sickly overdose of green for my taste. They do not offer a random header image, and things seem a little text-heavy.

Reed’s homepage has a Flash slideshow of some great professional photos in their header. A lot of sites seem to go for the Flash slideshow; I personally do not like them. This header however is beautifully done, particularly the background lettering. Very “academic”-looking. They have chosen a locked-size to their site, but it is centered.

I didn’t talk about what they have all done with their left and top menu links, but that’s a whole different conversation, and I’ve typed enough here already!