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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lynn, all of our surveys with deadlines during the term are completed with census numbers, being the end of drop/add for us as well. And yes, that October 15 date is all over IPEDS, which forces us to use census data on some things that have to be completed during the fall term. I do not know much about Common Data Set,  so I did not feel comfortable answering the original question, but I can agree to your statements.   <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#F79646'>Kristi John<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.osuokc.edu/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=84 height=46 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD6B47.EA99F220" alt="Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CC29BC.1E838CF0"></span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> okairp-bounces@lists.onenet.net [mailto:okairp-bounces@lists.onenet.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lynn Boyce<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> k_david@tulsacc.edu; OKAIRP@lists.onenet.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OKAIR] Questions about Common Data Set<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We use official census date numbers, which for us is the end of add/drop, or two weeks after the beginning of the trimester.  “Official numbers” wouldn’t be generated until we send our UDS file sometime in January, and many surveys have deadlines before then.  I believe most surveys call for numbers generated before or by Oct. 15, don’t they?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lynn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>J. Lynn Boyce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vice President for Information Services and Technology <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.usao.edu">http://www.usao.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:lboyce@usao.edu">lboyce@usao.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1727 W. Alabama<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chickasha, OK 73018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>405.224.3140 (voice)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>405.574.1220 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Treasurer (2006 – 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oklahoma Association of Institutional Research (OKAIR)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.okairp.org">http://www.okairp.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>Information Services will <u>never</u> ask for your password.   <u>Never</u> email your password to anyone!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#004236'>The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is the state's public liberal arts college. Its mission is to provide the public with a distinctive and accessible liberal arts and sciences education. In combining an interdisciplinary core curriculum with superior instruction in major fields of study, USAO aims to provide a thorough education that prepares students for meaningful, purposeful lives.</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> okairp-bounces@lists.onenet.net [mailto:okairp-bounces@lists.onenet.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>k_david@tulsacc.edu<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 24, 2012 8:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> OKAIRP@lists.onenet.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [OKAIR] Questions about Common Data Set<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello All,</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I have two questions about the Common Data Set:</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1) For those of you who generate a Common Data Set each year, what date do you use for your enrollments? Since Fall enrollments and cohorts are what are requested and many surveys have Fall deadlines, preliminary numbers would be the only ones we have available at that time, as our official census numbers reflect our end-of-term UDS numbers sent to OSRHE.Yet, if we submit preliminary numbers, then our CDS enrollments will not match what is submitted to IPEDS (which is based on the UDS numbers). I'm curious about how other institutions handle this issue.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2) How many other two-year colleges complete the CDS?  </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks in advance,</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kevin<br></span><img border=0 width=366 height=125 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD6B47.EA99F220"><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>