<br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-size:18pt"><strong><span style="color:#000088">2008-09 Common Data Set</span></strong></span></span></p><br /><div> <table border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="27%" rowspan="12"><a href="http://www.commondataset.org/">The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative</a> <span style="color:#000088">is a joint effort between higher education and publishers to improve the quality and consistency of data reported by colleges and universities. The goal is to develop standard data items and definitions to be used in higher education surveys. The publishers include the College Board, Thompson Peterson&rsquo;s, and U.S. News &amp; World Report.</span></td> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><a href="/iea/cds/a08.php">A. General Information</a></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><span style="color:#000088"><strong>Prior Year Common Data Sets</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="/iea/cds/b08.php">B. Enrollment &amp; Persistence</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds07p.pdf">CDS 2007-08</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="/iea/cds/c08.php">C. Freshman Admission</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds06p.pdf">CDS 2006-07</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="/iea/cds/d08.php">D. Transfer Admission</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds05p.pdf">CDS 2005-06</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><a href="/iea/cds/e08.php">E. Academic Offerings &amp; Policies</a></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds04p.pdf">CDS 2004-05</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="/iea/cds/f08.php">F. Student Life</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds03p.pdf">CDS 2003-04</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><a href="/iea/cds/g08.php">G. Annual Expenses</a></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds02p.pdf">CDS 2002-03</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="/iea/cds/h08.php">H. Financial Aid</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds01p.pdf">CDS 2001-02</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="/iea/cds/i08.php">I. Instructional Faculty &amp; Class Size</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%" align="center"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds00p.pdf">CDS 2000-01</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="/iea/cds/j08.php">J. Degrees Conferred</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><a href="/iea/cds/def08.php">Common Data Set Definitions</a></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"><span style="color:#000088"><a href="http://iea.fau.edu/cds/cds08p.pdf">2008-09 CDS in PDF</a></span></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="27%">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="30%"></td> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="29%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"><span style="font-style: normal"><a href="mailto:condore@fau.edu">Questions?</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"><span style="color: #000088; font-size: 10pt">Revised: January 2009</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table></div> 2008-09 Common Data Set