Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2020) - AccessLex Institute and the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) have announced the winners of nearly $225,000 in grants awarded through their annual Research and Dissertation F...

In many circumstances, different text files are created with the same formats representing different groups or time periods. When multiple text files are held in a specific location, whether they are on a server, cloud, ...

Christopher Call has retired as Vice President for Administration and Research, Planning, and Implementation from Westmont College. Mary Lou D’Allegro is now Associate Vice President for Institutional Eff...

COVID-19 and the Post Pandemic Reopening Decision In March 2020, with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, higher education institutions nationally made a difficult decision to transition largely to online or virtual learni...

The urgency of using analytics within higher education to make strategic decisions is greater now than ever given the COVID-19 pandemic. This fall, many institutions will continue to provide remote teaching to at least a...

Data from a recent AIR survey indicate that working from home and surges in the number of data requests on short timelines are the pandemic’s greatest impacts on IR. The disruption caused by the...

This month, we discuss the use of software and tools in the data governance process. As we indicated previously, data governance is an organizational transformation process, it is a cultural change process, and its succe...

eAIR had an opportunity to speak with Edward Hummingbird, Director of Institutional Research, Effectiveness and Planning at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI). Read on for insights on regaining accredit...

Innovative Higher Education features empirical research reports that examine innovations in higher education. The journal also features work on the effect of such innovations on teaching and student learning. Multidiscip...

AIR is fully committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education through the ethical use of data. See the AIR Statement on Racial Injustice and the AIR Statement of Ethical Principl...

Reports & Tools How Will COVID-19 Affect Community College Funding? This report from the Community College Research Center analyzes IPEDS data from similar economic crises to consider how COVID-19 as a public health...

Pensacola State College is comprised of multiple campuses and centers that serve students in Northwest Florida. To visualize the total Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) of each campus and center, the Office of Institutional Res...

Dear Nic: How can we effectively use data to develop nimble plans that help us move forward through a crisis, such as a pandemic? This is a good question and really important right now, as we face the effects of COVID-19...

Does your office software impact your work efficiency? In the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we asked what types of software (beyond Microsoft Office) the IR/IE office used and the degree to which it improved ef...

New RP Group Student Perspectives Report Now more than ever, student voices are paramount to informing colleges' COVID crisis response and ensuring students can continue progressing along their higher ed j...

It is a true honor and privilege to be serving as AIR President. This year has already proven to be challenging for so many members of our community. I am proud to be leading an association that is committed to diversit...

Data from a recent survey of the AIR community indicate that working from home and surges in the number of data requests on short timelines are the pandemic’s greatest impacts on IR. Other challenges include re...

Each year, AIR recognizes and celebrates individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the success of the association and the profession through their leadership, service, and scholarship. The three prestigio...

Shama Akhtar is now Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Goucher College. Jennifer Causey is now a Research Associate at National Student Clearinghouse. Catherine Garcia is now Executive Director of Institutiona...

Society has been moving toward greater reliance on technology, immediate data, and predictive analytics in nearly every aspect of life. This has become especially noticeable this year as medical experts, government leade...