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Common Data Set Initiative 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 reframing 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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