From the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we learned that 19% of staff time was devoted to conducting basic analytics (e.g., descriptive statistics). But what about advanced analytics (e.g., predictive analytics)?...

In 2018, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), a public Research I university with a medical center in Richmond, VA, adopted its current strategic plan, Quest 2025. The plan advanced institutional priorities in four ar...

As institutions grapple with closing persistent equity gaps, institutional research holds clues to promising solutions. Read about two institutions that have effectively used data in combination with the...

Attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education has intensified in recent months on many campuses. Increasingly, institutional leaders acknowledge that advancing social justice requires involving...

Dear eAIR: What are the emerging trends and best practices for collecting information on gender identity and sexual orientation? First and foremost, trends and best practices should be considered in the context of your c...

“I have a Zoom call at 3, so make sure you only enter my office if it is an emergency AND you are fully dressed.” A little less than a year ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, when people were talking a...

If this issue’s content piqued your interest, here’s a roundup of additional articles and resources: High-Impact Practices: Interrogating Quality and Equity (NSSE) How to Persuad...

IR Offices and U.S. institutions comes in all sizes and types, so finding relevant benchmarking data on IR Offices can be challenging. In the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, there were 543 U.S. IR Offices who com...

Voting for AIR volunteer leadership is a membership privilege guaranteed by our constitution and bylaws. This privilege is grounded in the principle that member voices help to shape the future direction of AIR and is exe...

eAIR sat down with Jacqueline Bichsel, Ph.D., Director of Research at CUPA-HR, to learn more about its suite of tools and resources that can help IR and HR support employee diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiati...

  Suggestions from IPEDS Technical Review Panel #62, “Capturing Noncredit Enrollment and Activity in the IPEDS Surveys” are posted at edsurveys.rti.org/IPEDS_TRP and are currently open for comment. This...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...