Dec 15, 2001
Note: This is the Common Data Set (CDS) report from Fall 2001. You may view sections of this archived report by clicking the links to left. To access the current Fall 2002 report, however, please click here.
The CDS represents a joint effort by The College Board, Peterson's, U.S. News & World Report, and Wintergreen/Orchard House, Inc., to standardize data definitions and data elements commonly used in surveys of higher education institutions. The objectives of this standardization initiative are to reduce the time and effort spent by data providers and improve the quality and comparability of the resulting information. To meet these ends, Peterson's and the other CDS publishers incorporate CDS items and definitions into their annual surveys of undergraduate institutions and label them as such.
The CDS currently includes sections profiling institutions' general information, enrollment and persistence, freshman admission, transfer admission, academic offerings and policies, student life, expenses, and financial aid.
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