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    • IPEDS
    • 01.14.21

    Reminders about Reporting of CARES Act Aid in IPEDS

    • by AIR
    As a reminder, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provided federal funds to many postsecondary institutions during the 2019-20 academic year. These funds need to be reported to IPEDS in th...
    Read Moreabout: Reminders about Reporting of CARES Act Aid in IPEDS
    • IPEDS
    • 01.14.21

    IPEDS Distance Education Resource Page Launched

    • by AIR
    A Distance Education Resource page has been added to the IPEDS website. The page explains how distance education is defined in IPEDS, which survey components collect data on distance education courses and programs, and h...
    Read Moreabout: IPEDS Distance Education Resource Page Launched
  • Shawn Neidorf
    • Special Feature / Interview
    • 12.15.20

    IR's Role in Supporting Regional Economies: Interview with Arizona Commerce Authority Official

    • by Nic Richmond, Chief Strategist, Pima Community College
    Amid the ongoing pandemic and the associated economic impacts, higher education has a key role supporting our regional economies. To hear some perspectives on how institutional research can help, we connected with Shawn ...
    Read Moreabout: IR's Role in Supporting Regional Economies: Interview with Arizona Commerce Authority Official
  • Facilities and Operations Performance Management - Heba Attia
    • Visual Displays of Data
    • 12.15.20

    Facilities & Operations Performance Management

    • by Heba Attia, Senior Director of Business Intelligence & Data Analytics, The American University in Cairo
    In 2008, American University in Cairo (AUC) moved its main operations from downtown to New Cairo. With a beautiful campus designed to accommodate 5,500 full-time students and 1,500 faculty and staff, AUC’s $400 mil...
    Read Moreabout: Facilities & Operations Performance Management
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    • Board Corner
    • 12.15.20

    ‘Tis the Season of Gratitude

    • by Heather A. Kelly, AIR President
    On behalf of the AIR Board of Directors, I would like to express our gratitude to the AIR community and all you do to promote the success of our institutions, our students, and higher education. During these unprecedente...
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  • Combining Data from Multiple Sources Using R
    • Tech Tips
    • 12.14.20

    Combining Data from Multiple Sources Using R

    • by Mike Wallinga, Director of Institutional Research, Northwestern College
    Gathering the Data A common request of our institutional research office is to combine data from multiple sources and varying formats. For example, we keep our demographic and academic information about our students in a...
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  • Value of Faculty Input
    • Featured
    • 12.14.20

    The Value of Faculty Input on Predictive Analytics

    • by Melanie S. Simpson, Assistant Provost, Institutional Research, Assessment and Effectiveness, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Post-secondary institutions are feeling pressure from the top down to predict trends based on enrollment, student retention, and graduation rates. Student success measures have become a baseline for developing strategic ...
    Read Moreabout: The Value of Faculty Input on Predictive Analytics
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    • Ask eAIR
    • 12.14.20

    Five Tips for Engaging Faculty

    • by Edward Bolden, Interim Director of Institutional Research, Case Western Reserve University
    What are the best ways to engage faculty in IR projects? This question often starts good conversations that don’t always have clear answers. Of course, the answers differ among institutions and across the breadt...
    Read Moreabout: Five Tips for Engaging Faculty
  • IPEDS
    • Announcements
    • 12.14.20

    IPEDS Tutorials: Winter and Spring Collection Updated

    • by eAIR
    AIR is pleased to announce updated IPEDS video tutorials for the 2020–21 winter and spring collection periods. Funded and approved by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statist...
    Read Moreabout: IPEDS Tutorials: Winter and Spring Collection Updated
  • Average Number of Years of Relevant Work Experience of Office Leader
    • National Survey Data Bite
    • 12.14.20

    Average Years of Relevant Experience of Office Leader

    • by eAIR
    How many years of relevant work experience should the leader of an IR/IE office have? From the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we learned that the average office leader has spent 18 years working in higher e...
    Read Moreabout: Average Years of Relevant Experience of Office Leader
    • 12.01.20

    Test

    • by Ashley Ivey
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  • heather-kelly
    • Board Corner
    • 11.19.20

    Board Looks to the Future During Pivotal Moment

    • by Heather A. Kelly, AIR President
    In October, the Board had the pleasure of hosting Scott Jaschik, editor of Inside Higher Ed, for a coffee chat focused on the future of higher education. (See Fast Forward: Considering the “Post-Pandemic” Fut...
    Read Moreabout: Board Looks to the Future During Pivotal Moment
  • IPEDS
    • Announcements
    • 11.18.20

    IPEDS News

    • by eAIR
    IPEDS TRP Summary Open for Comment Suggestions from IPEDS Technical Review Panel #60, “Monitoring Emerging Issues in Higher Education” are posted at https://edsurveys.rti.org/IPEDS_TRP/Default.aspx and are cu...
    Read Moreabout: IPEDS News
  • Future Forward
    • Featured
    • 11.18.20

    Future Forward: AIR’s Commitment to Advance and Support Our Community

    • by Christine M. Keller, AIR Executive Director & CEO
    In these times of uncertainty, disruption, and financial constraints, AIR and the AIR community are called to be forward-looking and responsive—open to new ideas while remaining attentive to our core purpose and va...
    Read Moreabout: Future Forward: AIR’s Commitment to Advance and Support Our Community
  • Podcast
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    • 11.17.20

    Podcast: Leading Improvements in Higher Education

    • by eAIR
    AIR's Leah Ewing Ross and Stephan Cooley are featured in an episode of the Assessment Institute's new podcast series, Leading Improvements in Higher Education. Podcast episodes profile peopl...
    Read Moreabout: Podcast: Leading Improvements in Higher Education
  • Joint-Analytics-Statement
    • Announcements
    • 11.17.20

    Case Study: Analytics at University of California, San Diego

    • by eAIR
    AIR, EDUCAUSE, and NACUBO have published a case study highlighting how University of California, San Diego, is embracing the "Change with Analytics" statement, jointly released by the three associations, on its journey t...
    Read Moreabout: Case Study: Analytics at University of California, San Diego
  • Future of IR
    • Featured
    • 11.17.20

    Contemplating the Future of IR

    • by Nic Richmond, Chief Strategist, Pima Community College; Ozlem Kacira, Director of Reporting and Analytics, Pima Community College
    We live and work in highly complex times, and institutional research is directly impacted. It used to be there was a major innovation every decade or so followed by a period of stability. Not so anymore. Today, the...
    Read Moreabout: Contemplating the Future of IR
  • Eric Lovik
    • Ask eAIR
    • 11.17.20

    What’s in Store for IR? Three Predictions

    • by Eric Lovik, Director of Institutional Research, Radford University
    In light of the changes and disruptions throughout 2020, what do you anticipate the future of IR to look like?  There is no doubt that we have frequently heard people using superlatives to describe...
    Read Moreabout: What’s in Store for IR? Three Predictions
  • Kate Akers
    • Special Feature / Interview
    • 11.17.20

    Providing Actionable Data to Policy Makers

    • by Rhyan Conyers, VP for Institutional Effectiveness, Transylvania University
    Rhyan had the opportunity to speak with Kate Akers, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Advanced Data Analytics at Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Her office coordinates with ins...
    Read Moreabout: Providing Actionable Data to Policy Makers
  • EllenPeters
    • Featured
    • 11.17.20

    Leadership and Improvisational Comedy: The Same Rules Apply

    • by Ellen Peters, Associate Provost, Institutional Research, Planning and Student Success, University of Puget Sound
    There are so many leadership models out there—in the business literature, in the psychology literature, in education to name a few—and the models range from servant leadership to autocratic to charismat...
    Read Moreabout: Leadership and Improvisational Comedy: The Same Rules Apply
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