The Common Data Set can help prospective students know how much aid they could get to pay for college. Why don’t all schools provide it? By Ron Lieber A similar version of this column was published ...

The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among higher education data providers to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided across institutions through the ...

Learn what overfitting is, how it impacts data models, and effective strategies to prevent it, such as cross-validation and simplification.

The Common Data Set (CDS) is a compilation of standardized data that is used to generate various survey requests that involve student statistics. The following documents are in PDF format.

Mark Twain once wrote, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” (He attributed the quip to former British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, but its true origin is unknown.) ...

The Common Data Set (CDS) provides Bethel's answers to many frequently asked questions. One goal of the CDS is to improve the comparability of data reported across institutions; this standardized ...

The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among institutional researchers and guidebook 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 ...