Scope and Contents From the Series: As of November 3, 2015, the web site for Clarion University's Office of Institutional Research provided the following background information about the Common Data Set:"The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data provides in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Peterson’s-Thomson Learning and U.S. News & World Report. The combined goal of this collaboration is to improve the quality and accuracy of...