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The
Common Data Set (CDS)
is a collaborative effort between publishers and the educational
community to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided
to all involved in a student's transition into higher education,as
well as to reduce the burden on colleges of compiling and reporting
information. The goal is to develop clear, standard questions and
definitions to determine the specific cohort to which each question
relates, while refraining from the compilation of a single survey
instrument or universal set of survey questions. Questions and definitions
used by the U.S. Department of Education in its college surveys
are a guide in the development of CDS items. Common Data Set items
undergo broad review by secondary schools and two-and four-year
colleges.
Those
who report data for their colleges are urged to abide by the definitions
and the cohorts specified when answering CDS items. They are also
urged to use the answers to CDs items when responding to the numerous
survey requests they receive, by distributing photocopies of their
answers, posting them on their websites, or by other effective means.
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