September 2026 Issue
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From Interest to Service: Introducing AIR’s Nominee Evaluation Guide
Every AIR leader begins somewhere. For some, it starts with a colleague recognizing their potential. For others, it begins with a personal decision to step forward, contribute to the profession, and serve a community tha...Read Moreabout: From Interest to Service: Introducing AIR’s Nominee Evaluation Guide -
From Risk Scores to Action
Building a retention watchlist that staff can actually useRetention models often produce more names than a student-success team can reasonably review. At that point, a technically strong model can still fail as a decisio...Read Moreabout: From Risk Scores to Action -
When a Survey Can Ask Why: AI Follow-Ups in Student Affairs Assessment
Anyone who has coded open-ended survey data knows the frustration of a response that signals something important but does not provide enough detail to inform action. A student might share, “The sessions weren&rsquo...Read Moreabout: When a Survey Can Ask Why: AI Follow-Ups in Student Affairs Assessment -
AIR Joins Higher Ed Groups in Comments on Federal Accreditation Rule
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) has joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and more than a dozen other higher education associations in a comment letter on the U.S. Department of Education's prop...Read Moreabout: AIR Joins Higher Ed Groups in Comments on Federal Accreditation Rule
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