U-Minnesota gives students the opportunity to design their own portal. Minnesota broke development into phases. For example, course registration information could go directly to the bookstore which could provide an integrated package ready to buy on the web. But this only works if each unit is willing to share my data. After moving to the Specifications model, customer satisfaction is at an all-time high.
Blackboard offers a portal product.
These notes were assembled by Geoff Nathan, with additional ideas supplied by Mike Schwartz.