The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report. The combined goal of this collaboration is 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 reporting burden on data providers. This goal is attained by the development of clear, standard data items and definitions and by the use of a specific cohort relevant to each item. Data items and definitions used by the U.S. Department of Education in its higher education surveys often serve as a guide in the continued development of the CDS. The CDS is a set of standards and definitions of data items rather than a survey instrument or set of data represented in a database. Each of the higher education surveys conducted by the participating publishers incorporates selected items from the CDS as well as unique items proprietary to each publisher.
Source: http://www.commondataset.org
- Common Data Set: System 2023-2024
- Common Data Set: System 2022-2023
- Common Data Set: System 2021-2022
- Common Data Set: System 2020-2021
- Common Data Set: System 2019-2020
- Common Data Set: Illinois 2018-2019
- Common Data Set: Missouri 2018-2019
- Common Data Set: System 2018-2019
- Common Data Set: Illinois 2017-2018
- Common Data Set: Missouri 2017-2018
- Common Data Set: System 2017-2018
- Common Data Set: Illinois 2016-2017
- Common Data Set: Missouri 2016-2017
- Common Data Set: System 2016-2017
- Common Data Set: Illinois 2015-2016
- Common Data Set: Missouri 2015-2016
- Common Data Set: System 2015-2016
- Common Data Set: 2014-2015
- Common Data Set 2013-2014