All three AIR membership levels (Individual, Organizational, and Graduate Student) provide access to a wide variety of unique and specialized AIR products, services, and events. These member-only benefits represent the most tangible advantages to AIR membership.
Professional Development and Education
- Annual Conference: The AIR Forum is the world’s largest gathering of higher-education professionals working in institutional research, assessment, planning, and related postsecondary education fields. The 2012 Forum will be June 2-6 in New Orleans. As an added benefit, AIR members can download presentations and papers from past conferences.
- Pre-Forum Workshops are half- and full-day intensive sessions presented in conjunction with the annual AIR Forum.
- Institutes are professional-development workshops for institutional research and assessment professionals. These five-day meetings combine lectures, demonstrations, exercises, and group discussions in a focused face-to-face setting.
- Webinars are live online sessions that focus on IR trends, techniques, and/or tools. Webinars also are available on-demand for 30 days after the live presentation. AIR members receive discounted and priority registration.
*Only members may attend AIR Institutes, Forum, and Pre-Forum Workshops.
Books and Publications
AIR offers a variety of professional publications to meet the needs of the institutional research and higher-education community. AIR members receive:
- A complimentary copy of one AIR book
- Discounts on IR and higher education publications and journals by Springer (20%) and Wiley/Jossey-Bass (25%)
- A complimentary subscription to eAIR, the Association’s monthly electronic newsletter
- A free copy of the Primer for Institutional Research (new members)
Networking and Leadership Opportunities
Networking with other IR professionals is an important and unique benefit of AIR membership. Members who accept leadership positions in the Association contribute to the higher-education data community, strengthen valuable relationships, and build individual and institutional leadership capacity. Engagement in AIR is also a great way to gain professional skills and increase visibility for a member’s home institution or organization. Members may:
- Be nominated for positions on the Board of Directors*
- Vote in the Board of Directors election*
- Join special-interest groups to connect with other members who share similar interests
- Access the membership directory for networking with other members
*Graduate Student members are not eligible to vote or hold office.