Why do some colleges not release their common data sets?

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<p>Seriously, the whole thing and not 'SC’s fact book? If so, that would be a first since 'SC has never made its CDS available online.</p>

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<p>The CB website is frequently out of date/incorrect. Plus, it is no better than a college’s own factbook since that is all that it contains – whatever the college wants to publish and make publicly available. </p>

<p>At least the CDS has specific directions to follow for “common” reporting. (The ‘factbook’ can be any directions that a college dreams up. D1 athletes? Not counted, since they are considered special students.) Sure a few colleges mis-read the directions of the CDS (Miami, Wake are two glaring examples), but at least their numbers jump off the page so it’s easy to see which numbers that they are manipulating.</p>

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<p>Good point about specialized programs. But we’re really talking about large, rich Unis, such as USC, Boston College, Tulane and Penn, who refuse to release/publish their CSD.</p>