This collection consists of Common Data Set reports made by Oakland Community College's Office of Institutional Research. Created by the Common Data Set Initiative, the CDS is a set of standards and definitions of data items used by the United States Department of Education in its higher education surveys and it contains verified data for commonly requested information. Oakland Community College uses the Common Data Set to gather and outline data to be used in multiple surveys requested. The CDS includes information such as: general institutional information, enrollment and persistence, first-time/first-year (Freshman) admission, transfer admission, academic offerings and policies, student life, annual expenses, financial aid, instructional faculty and class size, and degrees conferred.