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The Story Behind the Stony Brook University COVID-19 Dashboard
In summer 2020, Stony Brook University’s Senior Executive team requested the development and launch of a public-facing dashboard to display information about COVID-19 on the campus. The Office of Institutional Rese...Read Moreabout: The Story Behind the Stony Brook University COVID-19 Dashboard -
“Ctrl” Excel and Word
Did you know there are many keyboard shortcuts built into Microsoft Office that can save you time and make your life easier? It’s time to get friendly with your Control key! Here are 25 “Ctrl&n...Read Moreabout: “Ctrl” Excel and Word -
Enterprise Experience Summit
Mark Your Calendar for the Enterprise Experience Summit Enterprise Experience Summit November 5 | 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET The year's challenges have highlighted the need for colleges and universities to m...Read Moreabout: Enterprise Experience Summit -
In Memoriam: Arthur Wright Chickering
We lost a prolific scholar, influential thought leader and innovator on August 15, 2020, with the passing of Arthur Wright Chickering. His distinguished career spanned more than six decades and is marked by a long-standi...Read Moreabout: In Memoriam: Arthur Wright Chickering -
Assessment of Student Learning During a Global Pandemic
As institutions planned for a fall term full of uncertainty, AIR was interested to learn about assessment of student learning in spring 2020 given the sudden changes that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn MoreRead Moreabout: Assessment of Student Learning During a Global Pandemic -
National Survey Updates
The AIR National Survey of Institutional Research Offices is a nationally representative longitudinal study of the IR Office. This project provides data to better understand the national state of the IR/IE function ...Read Moreabout: National Survey Updates -
Call for Papers: Innovative Higher Education
Innovative Higher Education (IHE) features work on the effect of such innovations on teaching and student learning. Multidisciplinary in scope and approach, IHE publishes diverse forms of scholarship and research ...Read Moreabout: Call for Papers: Innovative Higher Education -
Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor
While I primarily use Microsoft Excel’s Power Query Editor to put together a complicated table or report in a short period of time, I’ve learned that you can also use it to explore any data set. Here are the ...Read Moreabout: Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor -
Improving Transparency With Applicant Public Access Portals
The Chilean Ministry of Education, through the Sub-secretariat for Higher Education, has instructed the universities to set up public access portals for applicants as a way to improve transparency in information and the ...Read Moreabout: Improving Transparency With Applicant Public Access Portals -
Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships
From the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we learned that most IR offices in U.S. postsecondary institutions report to either the President/Chief Executive Officer or the Provost/Chief Academic Officer; the remain...Read Moreabout: Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships -
COVID-19, Reopening, and the Role of IR
Concerns about returning to in-person instruction and campus life in fall 2020 in light of COVID-19 remain at the forefront of higher education news. The conversations, planning, strategizing, contingency modeling, and d...Read Moreabout: COVID-19, Reopening, and the Role of IR -
Building a Collaborative Culture in Data Governance
In this installment on data governance, we discuss what it takes to build a collaborative data governance culture and why it is beneficial to the overall organization to help move its mission forward. To begin to d...Read Moreabout: Building a Collaborative Culture in Data Governance -
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
I cherish the opportunity to meet up with our IR colleagues at the AIR Forum every year. Who would have known at last year’s AIR Forum in Denver that we would not meet again this year in New Orleans? Although the c...Read Moreabout: Looking Back, Looking Ahead -
Predictors for Retention, Persistence, and Success
Many of us were unable to attend conferences this year, where we likely would have picked up on lessons to help us improve upon student and institutional success. Our aim is that this article will act as a substitute for...Read Moreabout: Predictors for Retention, Persistence, and Success -
Oklahoma State University Launches Innovative Contact Tracing Program
As universities across the U.S. wrestle with reopening plans, the time-tested public health measure of contact tracing will be essential to those efforts. Universities will need to quickly identify who a COVID-positive p...Read Moreabout: Oklahoma State University Launches Innovative Contact Tracing Program -
Online Learning Provides Opportunity for Institutional Growth
eAIR caught up with Lee D. Lambert, J.D., Chancellor of Pima Community College, to talk about online learning, how COVID-19 has impacted of data use, automation and AI, and what enrollment may look like this fall. eAIR: ...Read Moreabout: Online Learning Provides Opportunity for Institutional Growth -
AIR Collaborates with ACHA and ACE on COVID-19 Virtual Summit: Planning for Now, Building for the Future
Now is the time to think creatively about keeping students, faculty, and staff physically and mentally healthy, and what campus health and well-being looks in the era of COVID-19 and beyond. In partnership with the Ameri...Read Moreabout: AIR Collaborates with ACHA and ACE on COVID-19 Virtual Summit: Planning for Now, Building for the Future -
AccessLex Institute Awards Nearly $225,000 in Grants
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...Read Moreabout: AccessLex Institute Awards Nearly $225,000 in Grants -
SAS Enterprise Guide: Reading, Importing, and Appending Multiple Text Files
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, ...Read Moreabout: SAS Enterprise Guide: Reading, Importing, and Appending Multiple Text Files -
Colleague News
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...Read Moreabout: Colleague News