For information where online dashboards are not available, my office frequently uses pivot tables to visualize large sets of data for our stakeholders. Often times, we use the same data set for multiple visualizations li...

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Starting this month, Vaughn Hopkins, Executive Director of Institutional Research, Planning, and Analytics, Delaware State University and Henry Zheng, Senior Associate Vice President for Strategic Analytics, The Ohio Sta...

This month, check out an announcement about SEM Quarterly, published by AACRAO. SEMQ seeks manuscripts based on original research or practice in strategic enrollment management, demonstrating familiarity w...

You are the recipient of a data request from a program director who believes that poor performance by students from a local high school is threatening the program's reputation. As part of an effort to build support for r...

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Releases New Report On February 20, 2020, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) released Engagement Insights–Annual Results 2019, reporting importan...

The AIR National Survey of IR Offices collects data as part of a national benchmarking project to help leaders of IR offices compare their office operations against their peers to identify areas of needed improvement. Th...

Dear Felice: How can I become an ‘information activist’ or ‘storyteller’ in support of my institution’s move to increase data-informed decision making? I am so glad you are seeing an increas...

Reports & Tools Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce released a new report that ranks the return on investment of the 210 US liberal arts colleges. ROI of Liberal Arts Colleges:...

William (Bill) Tetlow passed away peacefully at the VA Hospital in Aurora, CO on December 27, 2019 at the age of 81. Bill was a founding AIR member, a past president, an emeritus member, and was very involved in IR...

It’s election season—AIR election season, that is. And while it may be tempting to block all incoming information with the words “ballot” or “vote” in it, we need you to help us as we ...

Morgan State University commissioned an economic impact study in 2018. The publication of this study and the desire of the Office of Institutional Research to contribute data points to demonstrate the impact of our stake...

In Microsoft Excel, you’ve probably seen Power Pivot and Data Model, but have you discovered Power Query? Power Query is a tool introduced in 2013, which is available to all users who have Excel 2016 or later and/o...

AIR’s course A Holistic Approach to Institutional Research is ideal for those new to institutional research as well as experienced professionals. During the six-week online course, participants examine challenges a...

As institutional researchers in North American colleges and universities increasingly discover themselves in the sometimes long-deferred position of being celebrated and trusted assets for campus leaders, eager to levera...

February 6, 2020 (Tallahassee, FL) — The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced they received a $670,000 grant from Ascend...

We are proud to announce the launch of AIR’s new logo and visual brand identity.  After using our previous logo for nearly four decades, it was time for a facelift. We’ve updated our visua...

January 21, 2020 (Tallahassee, FL) — Today, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) published the AIR Statement of Ethical Principles, an expression of integrity, professionalism, and fairness intended to ...

The recently released book Data Strategy in Colleges and Universities: From Understanding to Implementation (Routledge, 2019), edited by AIR member Kristina Powers, features a chapter contributed by AIR staff members L...

It is no longer business as usual for institutional researchers when creating metrics that describe student access, progress, and success. Policymakers, media, and the public are asking complex questions pertaining to s...