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Launching Soon: Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments (FACE) Institutional Questionnaire
The Faculty, Academic Careers & Environments (FACE) project is launching the first of two components—the Institutional Questionnaire. FACE is based out of the University of Southern California’s Pullias C...Read Moreabout: Launching Soon: Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments (FACE) Institutional Questionnaire -
CUPA-HR Employee Retention Survey Opens April 10
Mark your calendar: The 2023 CUPA-HR Employee Retention Survey, which opens on April 10, 2023, will collect responses from staff employees (not faculty) who work in all sectors of higher education on timely topics such a...Read Moreabout: CUPA-HR Employee Retention Survey Opens April 10 -
Revised Federal Race/Ethnicity Categories: Comment Period Closes April 12
The period for submitting comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on its proposed revisions to statistical standards for collecting and reporting race and ethnicity data closes April 12. Additional comment...Read Moreabout: Revised Federal Race/Ethnicity Categories: Comment Period Closes April 12 -
More Than Our Rank: A New Initiative to Commit to Responsible Assessment Practices
Over the last five years, the International Network of Research Management Societies’ (INORMS) Research Evaluation Group has been working hard to develop new frameworks for assessment and evaluation of research...Read Moreabout: More Than Our Rank: A New Initiative to Commit to Responsible Assessment Practices -
What Percentage of IR Offices Have Sufficient Resources?
Successful IR/IE offices require sufficient hardware, software, space, and staff to operate efficiently. So, what percentage of offices have these resources? We asked office leaders to assess the adequacy of office resou...Read Moreabout: What Percentage of IR Offices Have Sufficient Resources? -
Cleveland, Here We Come!
AIR Forum With the advent of spring, we now begin deeper preparations and travel plans for the 63rd AIR Forum, which takes place May 30 – June 2 in Cleveland, OH. From across the IR globe, I hope you will be j...Read Moreabout: Cleveland, Here We Come! -
AI in Higher Education: Implications for Institutional Research
Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced a temporary shift in focus, we now see a return to further development and implementation of advanced technologies and broader uses of Big Data in education and other work sector...Read Moreabout: AI in Higher Education: Implications for Institutional Research -
Online Colleges and Universities: Are They Delivering on Diversity and Inclusion? A Recent Analysis from IPEDS Data
Although several studies have examined diversity and inclusion in higher education, they have largely overlooked online colleges and universities. Online education has become more popular due to the COVID-19 pandemic and...Read Moreabout: Online Colleges and Universities: Are They Delivering on Diversity and Inclusion? A Recent Analysis from IPEDS Data -
Postsecondary Data Partnership: AIR Call for Educators
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) seeks applications for Educators to contribute to our professional development and training programs in support of the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Postsecondary D...Read Moreabout: Postsecondary Data Partnership: AIR Call for Educators -
Board Happenings: Vote on Constitution and Bylaws Recommended Changes
I hope you had a good holiday season filled with happiness and hope for the year ahead. I hope one of your resolutions for 2023 is to be actively engaged with AIR!I’m sure your fall was filled with continuing to re...Read Moreabout: Board Happenings: Vote on Constitution and Bylaws Recommended Changes -
Order Up! Everything I Learned About Institutional Research Came from Working in Restaurants
The few of us in this world who have endeavored to hone our skills and talents in the field of institutional research (IR) do so with the thought that ours is a truly unique profession. I mean, if one thinks about it, th...Read Moreabout: Order Up! Everything I Learned About Institutional Research Came from Working in Restaurants -
The Provision of PII Data on Faculty and Staff by Institutional Researchers
One of the primary responsibilities of offices of Institutional Research (IR) is responding to ad hoc requests for data on students, faculty, and staff at their institutions. Some of these ad hoc requests are for persona...Read Moreabout: The Provision of PII Data on Faculty and Staff by Institutional Researchers -
Conducting Generalizability Studies with Unbalanced Data
In a recently published article in AIR Professional File (Sturgis, Marchand, Miller, Xu, and Castiglioni, 2022), I, along with my co-authors, introduce generalizability theory (G-theory) to institutional research (IR) pr...Read Moreabout: Conducting Generalizability Studies with Unbalanced Data -
A Message from Christine M. Keller, Ph.D., AIR Executive Director & CEO
As we enter these final days of 2022, I extend warm greetings to the AIR community. It is a time of year to celebrate, to appreciate, and to anticipate. And as I reflect back on the last year at AIR, we have much to cele...Read Moreabout: A Message from Christine M. Keller, Ph.D., AIR Executive Director & CEO -
Request for Proposal: Data and Analytics for Transformation
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), EDUCAUSE, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) seek a consultant to lead a project to develop a succinct, actionable guide to...Read Moreabout: Request for Proposal: Data and Analytics for Transformation -
With $500,000 Grant, Higher Education Associations Will Help Colleges and Universities Accelerate Analytics Use
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), EDUCAUSE, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundatio...Read Moreabout: With $500,000 Grant, Higher Education Associations Will Help Colleges and Universities Accelerate Analytics Use -
With $500,000 Grant, Higher Education Associations Will Help Colleges and Universities Accelerate Analytics Use
Funding from the Gates Foundation will support student success effortsNovember 21, 2022 (Washington, DC)—The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), EDUCAUSE, and the National Association of College and Unive...Read Moreabout: With $500,000 Grant, Higher Education Associations Will Help Colleges and Universities Accelerate Analytics Use -
An IR Offices Reflection: Responding to Annual Reporting for Year Two of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)
Recently, the federal government asked institutions that received Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) funding to report data for year two of the reporting cycle. The request this year included multiple items t...Read Moreabout: An IR Offices Reflection: Responding to Annual Reporting for Year Two of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) -
Good Institutional Research Is More About Managing People than Managing Data
Performance management and professional development are frequently discussed interchangeably, yet one is a reflection on the past while the other is forward looking. When I think of performance management, I think ab...Read Moreabout: Good Institutional Research Is More About Managing People than Managing Data -
Creating a Common Data Language on Campus
A former provost, who is now a college president, told me that IR is “The Keeper of Truth.” This seems logical, as IR should be the point of contact for both internal data analysis and external data repor...Read Moreabout: Creating a Common Data Language on Campus