Each year, our Institutional Effectiveness (IE) office publishes an annual report for our Academic Affairs unit, which is one of five administrative divisions at Delaware State University. The Office of the Provost and E...

If you’re looking for an excuse nowadays to spend more time inside on a computer, I recommend visiting the subreddit r/dataisbeautiful. Users submit all kinds of visualizations along with details of how they were c...

Academic requirements of the office leader vary by the institution and the role that the office leader plays at their institution. In general, post-graduate degrees are commonplace among office leaders. We asked off...

Each year, the AIR Board of Directors convenes members at an official business meeting to provide an overview of important association activities as required by our constitution and bylaws. Normally, this meeting coincid...

This month, we discuss who the key data governance stakeholders are and how to engage them effectively. A stakeholder in any data governance program is an individual or group that could affect or be affected by the ...

Higher Education Lee Allard is now Director of Institutional Research at Daemen College. Felice Billups, AIR member and Professor in the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at Johnson & Wales University...

eAIR caught up with Sheila Steiner, Director of Assessment & Accreditation, Saint Martin’s University, who answered these questions as they relate to the current pandemic: What determines college read...

Have you ever wondered how to increase data use beyond compliance? Have you struggled to connect your institution’s data with student success initiatives? After hearing from institutions looking to improve dat...

A huge topic for our technical colleges has been the re-authorization of the Perkins law. This law brought substantial changes to procedures for requesting funds. One of the most significant changes was the implementatio...

Due to COVID-19, our working environments have radically changed. During this unprecedented time, we are leaning on our neighbors to help us through various challenges. Fortunately, I was able to reach out to some amazin...

Reports & Tools Exploring the Presidential Pipeline in CUPA-HR Administrators in Higher Education Annual Report As colleges and universities strive to create a more equitable and representative workforce, there has b...

Evergreen has announced that the Evergreen Prize is back for the third year. The annual prize identifies and helps scale programs that best assist low income youth with accessing and completing college and voca...

Whether you're new to Excel or breathe advanced formulae, there are always shortcuts and useful features to be discovered. Have you ever wanted a distinct count in pivot tables or an easier way to format complex workbook...

Many universities have become concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic will affect finances. In a recent survey of college presidents and chancellors about their coronavirus concerns, 87% revealed that they were very or some...

"Institutions know they need to innovate to achieve a competitive advantage in today’s complex marketplace, and almost none of today’s innovation can happen without data and technology.” -- Susan Grajek...

We all know the value that our data can bring to our organizations. Some of us who are part of small institutional research offices must focus a great deal of our time on mandated reporting needs and critical ad hoc data...

In recent decades, the iterative development and publication of strategic plans has become a nearly universal practice in higher education. This universality has been accompanied by a predictable mediocrity in what one m...

Earlier this week, AIR announced the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 AIR Forum, scheduled for May 25–29 in New Orleans, including pre-/post-conference education. The cancellation decision was not made lightly...

This month, the authors discuss why data governance is needed in higher education. Data are everywhere, and higher education has more than its fair share. From student data to business data to research data, there a...

Percontor Offers RISC Survey Free of Charge Percontor is offering the RISC Survey at no charge to colleges and universities for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 administrations. In these difficult times, Percontor wants to ...