Professional Development, Education, and Training
Face-to-Face Education Opportunities
- Institutes are five-day long, face-to-face professional development programs for institutional researchers. Each institute focuses on a specific IR functional area (e.g., assessment or statistics) or a specific audience (e.g., early- or mid-career professionals). Members receive discounted and priority registration. Visit the INSTITUTES PAGE for a list of Institutes AIR offers and additional details.
- Forum is AIR’s premier meeting of institutional researchers. The four-day conference is attended by over 1,600 AIR members. Members may download available presentations and papers from Forum presenters. Visit the FORUM PAGE for additional details.
- Pre-Forum Workshops are half- and full-day intensive learning opportunities presented in conjunction with the Forum. Membership is required to attend workshops.
Online Education Opportunities
Members receive discounted and priority registration for webinars. Webinars planned for the 2010-2011 membership year include:
- Statistics: Correlation and Regression
- Statistics: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Statistics: Advanced Regression
- Survey Design: Writing Clear Survey Items
- Survey Design: Planning and Creating a Survey
Visit the WEBINAR PAGE for additional details.
Publications
AIR publishes a variety of professional publications to meet the needs of the institutional research and higher education community. Members receive:
- A free copy of the Primer for Institutional Research (new members)
- A coupon for one free copy of an AIR publication of their choice (The book coupon will be redeemable via our online system beginning in September 2010)
- Discounts on IR and higher education publications and journals
- A 25% discount on all publications from Wiley/Jossey-Bass
- An automatic subscription to e-AIR, the Association’s monthly electronic newsletter
Networking and Leadership Opportunities
Networking with other institutional researchers is an important benefit of membership. Members who accept leadership positions in the Association give back to the profession, contribute to the higher education data community, and build individual and institutional IR capacity. Engagement in a professional association is one of the best ways to gain skills, increase networks, and gain visibility for a member’s home institution or organization. Members may:
- Be nominated for Board of Directors and committee positions (except Graduate Student Members).
- Vote in the election of the Board of Directors (except Graduate Student Members).
- Join special interest groups to connect with other members who share similar interests.
Access the membership database for networking with other members.