Annette (and any others who are new to the CDS): Welcome!
The CDS is an internal tool for you to fill out and use for answering data questions. Once it is filled out you can post it on your website, provide it to internal stakeholders, or submit it to various survey organizations, e.g., US News, Petersons, College Board. It is not mandatory nor is there a deadline for filling out the CDS. It is just helpful to fill out this one form for multiple purposes rather than having to fill out the data multiple times.
Virginia Estes
Lee University
Coordinator of Institutional Research