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Facilities & Operations Performance Management
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 -
‘Tis the Season of Gratitude
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...Read Moreabout: ‘Tis the Season of Gratitude -
Combining Data from Multiple Sources Using R
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...Read Moreabout: Combining Data from Multiple Sources Using R -
The Value of Faculty Input on Predictive Analytics
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 -
Five Tips for Engaging Faculty
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 Tutorials: Winter and Spring Collection Updated
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 Years of Relevant Experience of Office Leader
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 -
Board Looks to the Future During Pivotal Moment
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 News
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: AIR’s Commitment to Advance and Support Our Community
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: Leading Improvements in Higher Education
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 -
Case Study: Analytics at University of California, San Diego
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 -
Contemplating the Future of IR
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 -
What’s in Store for IR? Three Predictions
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 -
Providing Actionable Data to Policy Makers
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 -
Leadership and Improvisational Comedy: The Same Rules Apply
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 -
The Trouble with Inconsistent or Incorrect Data: A Higher Education Perspective
Data governance structures in higher education can lead to a lack of understanding of the value of data within an institution. According to the most recent American College President Study, college and un...Read Moreabout: The Trouble with Inconsistent or Incorrect Data: A Higher Education Perspective -
Fast Forward: Considering the “Post-Pandemic” Future of Higher Ed (Video)
What will higher education look like in a year or five years? How is the pandemic upending ways institutions operate, students learn, faculty teach, and equitable outcomes are achieved? What role will data and analytics ...Read Moreabout: Fast Forward: Considering the “Post-Pandemic” Future of Higher Ed (Video) -
Average FTE by Staff Role
We are often asked, "How many staff should our IR/IE office have?" In the 2018 AIR National Survey of Institutional Research Offices, we asked Office Leaders to provide the average staff FTE per type of staff role (see b...Read Moreabout: Average FTE by Staff Role -
Infographics as an Alternative
While the office routinely uses Tableau dashboards to share data with the campus community, there are also projects where an infographic may be a more visually compelling alternative. The office has invested in two tools...Read Moreabout: Infographics as an Alternative