Year: 2025

2024-25 Common Data Set (CDS) Published

OIRA has published Harvard University’s 2024-25 Common Data Set. The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers, as represented by the College Board, Peterson’s, and U.S. News & World Report. The CDS reports provide data and metrics in a “common” format that facilitates comparison…

UDAG Updates Process for Requesting Postsecondary Enrollment Data

The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) is a useful data source on U.S. postsecondary enrollment of students who have applied and/or enrolled at Harvard. Harvard staff now have the ability to request NSC data for internal projects by contacting OIRA. The University Data Advisory Group (UDAG) recently provided a detailed description of the request process in…