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IR’s Role in Promoting a Data-Driven Culture
Whether beginning a new position or continuing in an established one, data and information expectations for Institutional Research (IR) offices continue to expand at an accelerated pace. Open source availability of tools...Read Moreabout: IR’s Role in Promoting a Data-Driven Culture -
How Can We Be Antiracist Institutional Researchers?
Following the recent killing of George Floyd while he was in police custody, AIR released a Statement on Racial Injustice and announced a coffee chat focused on advancing equity and inclusion in highe...Read Moreabout: How Can We Be Antiracist Institutional Researchers? -
New Office Location
A few weeks ago, I wrote to you about a fire at the AIR Executive Offices in Tallahassee caused by a lightning strike. At that time, I asked for your patience while we took the necessary steps to resume operations. Today...Read Moreabout: New Office Location -
Make a Lasting Impact
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Three things come to mind immediately when we think of the Association for Institutional Research: ...Read Moreabout: Make a Lasting Impact -
Excel Data from U.S. News
New Best Colleges Unpublished Rankings and Excel Data Files Available from U.S. News U.S. News is again providing, free of charge to any institutional researcher, Excel spreadsheets with ranking data that appear in the m...Read Moreabout: Excel Data from U.S. News -
How Can We Use the AIR Statement of Ethical Principles During the Current Crises Affecting Higher Education?
Organizational and institutional commitments to ethical action are indispensable at a time when our larger societal commitment to values-based action appears to be in the throes of a volatile period of fractiousness and ...Read Moreabout: How Can We Use the AIR Statement of Ethical Principles During the Current Crises Affecting Higher Education? -
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