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Continuing the Story of the Change with Analytics Playbook
Across higher education, institutions are wrestling with a familiar challenge: how to translate the promise of data into the practice of meaningful change. Turning analytics into action requires more than dashboards or r...Read Moreabout: Continuing the Story of the Change with Analytics Playbook -
AIR Submits Recommendations on the Redesign of the Institute of Education Sciences
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its Request for Information on Redesigning the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) (Docket I...Read Moreabout: AIR Submits Recommendations on the Redesign of the Institute of Education Sciences -
Beyond Compliance and Through Uncertainty: Our Commitment Endures
As data professionals, we find ourselves in one of the most unsettling reporting environments higher education has faced. The uncertainty is real; shifting federal priorities, new requirements, and unclear guidance makes...Read Moreabout: Beyond Compliance and Through Uncertainty: Our Commitment Endures -
AIR Joins Higher Education Associations in Opposing PSLF Overhaul
AIR joined 44 other higher education associations this week in submitting comments on the Department of Education’s proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The proposal would revise ...Read Moreabout: AIR Joins Higher Education Associations in Opposing PSLF Overhaul -
2024–25 Annual Report Highlights a Year of Growth, Adaptation, and Leadership
The past year has brought significant change across higher education—shifting policies, evolving priorities, and the conclusion of AIR’s federal subcontract for IPEDS training after more than two decades. Thr...Read Moreabout: 2024–25 Annual Report Highlights a Year of Growth, Adaptation, and Leadership -
Share Your Insights: AI’s Impact on Higher Ed Work
AIR is partnering with EDUCAUSE, CUPA-HR, and NACUBO to better understand how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are shaping work in higher education. We invite you to take a short survey about AI’s impact on...Read Moreabout: Share Your Insights: AI’s Impact on Higher Ed Work -
Closing the Data Literacy Culture Gap
Colleges and universities face difficult choices—tight resources, accountability demands, shifting student demographics, and rapid technology evolution. In that context, data should be a stabilizer: a shared langua...Read Moreabout: Closing the Data Literacy Culture Gap -
Proposed IPEDS ACTS Component: AIR Community Survey Results
When the U.S. Department of Education proposed adding an Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) to IPEDS beginning in 2025–26, AIR recognized the importance of elevating institutional voices in that...Read Moreabout: Proposed IPEDS ACTS Component: AIR Community Survey Results -
Higher Education Associations Urge Adoption of FAIR Model for Research Costs
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) has joined more than 160 higher education and research organizations in signing a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging support for the Financial Accountability ...Read Moreabout: Higher Education Associations Urge Adoption of FAIR Model for Research Costs -
AIR Executive Director Weighs In: Proposed IPEDS Supplement Could Undermine Reliability of Admissions Data
In an Inside Higher Ed opinion piece published September 15, 2025, Bryan Cook, vice president of data and policy analysis at the American Council on Education, and Christine M. Keller, executive director and CEO of the A...Read Moreabout: AIR Executive Director Weighs In: Proposed IPEDS Supplement Could Undermine Reliability of Admissions Data