Reports & Tools Colleges’ Use of Big Data for Tracking Students to Boost Graduation Rates Comes at a Cost (Angela Henderson) This report from Hechinger explores the relationship between using predictive analyti...

There are usually some of the same variables (gender, birthdate, etc.) included in multiple data files that your office collects or maintains. Instead of duplicating the syntax in the syntax file for each data file, a sm...

This visual display focuses on predicting enrollment of admitted applicants depending on the amount of a scholarship offer. Predictions are visualized using the dashboard with a possibility to explore "what if" scenarios...

Keep current with the latest news from influential IR, assessment, and higher education journals. This edition of eAIR Journal News covers the latest Innovative Higher Education (IHE) issue with a handy editor's tip. The...

Dear Mike: I am working as a faculty member and part-time IR practitioner at a small, private liberal arts college. Our board of directors has determined that we need an actual IR department and I am tasked with developi...

John “Jack” Dunn passed away on August 10th. Jack was the VP for Planning at Tufts University for many years. He was an active member of NEAIR, serving as President and also founded the HEDS consortium. ...

eAIR recently caught up with Bill Tobin, Director of Institutional Research, DePauw University, to chat about his career in IR at a small, private liberal arts university and the benefits of AIR membership. eAIR: Wh...

AIR, EDUCAUSE, and NACUBO collaborate on new statement for college and university leaders August 23, 2019 (Washington, DC) – In a collective call-to-action for colleges and universities, the Association for Institu...

Tallahassee, Fla. – (August 9, 2019) – AIR is pleased to present the 2018-2019 Annual Report, now available for download. Highlighting some of the important work the association has accomplished d...

This article represents the first of periodic updates, which highlight the AIR Board of Director’s initiatives to be pursued for the 2019-2020 program year. During the next four months, the Board will focus on thr...

How do you spend your day-to-day time? Do your colleagues allocate the same time? The 2018 National Survey of IR Offices asked office leaders to estimate the percentage of their time to various activities. Using demonstr...

eAIR recently caught up with Sandi Bramblett, Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research & Enterprise Data Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, and former AIR Board member, about IR, her current...

Dear Ron: We are implementing efforts to better push self-service data to our users. Do you have tips or advice on how they might use the data to inform decision making? I’m glad you asked! That is a question that ...

Our institutional research analysts frequently extract data and modify the structure of data using SQL to suit the needs of data consumers or to ease analysis. Often, we need to aggregate tables containing multiple rows ...

Each year, most Institutional Research (IR) offices publish a Fact Book containing all the facts and figures pertaining to their institutions for distribution to board members, the leadership team, faculty, staff, and st...

Today’s IR professionals need everything from an ability to interpret data to an understanding of how others think. This article focuses on the second part of the Impact Session from the 2019 AIR Forum, An Exp...

Thank you to the outstanding IR in the Know contributors who submitted articles during the second quarter of 2019: Eric Atchison, Angela Henderson, and Casey Kerins. Thank  you to Archie Cubarrubia for presenting U...

Jeff Seybert, a longtime AIR member, passed away on June 19. Jeff was a giant in the field of institutional research, especially as it affected community colleges. He was a past recipient of the John Stecklein Distinguis...

Why benchmark? A benchmarking project allows you to access credible information about your peer or aspirant IR Offices. That information can help you understand if your office is performing efficiently and effectively, a...

Institutional research (IR) professionals and scholars have continuously revisited the question “What is IR?” One explanation for the recurrent question is that the practice and discipline of IR continues to ...