Academic Data Summaries include institutional data such as: Dept Funded Credit Hours, FYE Students, Student Credit Hours Adjusted, Expended FTEF, Adjusted Credit Hours per FTEF, Student-Faculty Ratio, Off Campus and Online Credit Hours Summary, Credit Hours, Off Campus Dept funded, and Online Dept funded.
The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort between publishers College Board, Peterson's Guide, U.S. News & World Report, Wintgergreen/Orchard House and the educational community. The CDS provides standard questions and data definitions that are incorporated into participating publisher's existing surveys.