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Long-term Enrollment Trends
Humboldt State University is one of 23 campuses in the nation’s largest four-year university system, the California State University system. While a formal office of Institutional Research was only founded in 2009,...Read Moreabout: Long-term Enrollment Trends -
Side-by-Side Comparison Charts
Figure 1. Ethnicity Table The columns I used for the chart were Ethnicity, Georgia Percentage Positive, Georgia Percentage, and College Percentage (Figure 2). Excel 2016 is the software used to construct the chart. The ...Read Moreabout: Side-by-Side Comparison Charts -
Top 10 Academic Affairs Issues
Reports & Tools IES Director’s Biennial Report to Congress (FY 2017-18) The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has released their Director’s Biennial Report to Congress for Fiscal Years 2017–18. ...Read Moreabout: Top 10 Academic Affairs Issues -
Participate, Engage, and Connect
As we transition to a new academic year, let me extend well wishes for success. AIR leadership has several upcoming events that will require membership participation and engagement. Briefly, I would like to highlight two...Read Moreabout: Participate, Engage, and Connect -
U.S. News Rankings, ACUHO-I Grant, and Survey Opportunity
Now Available: U.S. News Best Colleges Unpublished Rankings and Excel Data Files U.S. News is again providing, at no cost to institutional researchers, Excel spreadsheets with ranking data that appear in the main ranking...Read Moreabout: U.S. News Rankings, ACUHO-I Grant, and Survey Opportunity -
Colleague News
David Crook has retired as University Dean for Institutional Research and Assessment from the CUNY System Office. Tammie Cumming is now Associate Provost, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness at CUNY ...Read Moreabout: Colleague News -
The Latest in Journal News
Keep current with the latest news from influential IR, assessment, and higher education journals. This edition of eAIR Journal News highlights The Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition call fo...Read Moreabout: The Latest in Journal News -
Curriculum Design and Student Success
Dear Meihua: At my institution we are focusing more on student success as it relates to curriculum. I have heard about a “synergetic combo” and a “toxic combo.” Can you define those terms and disc...Read Moreabout: Curriculum Design and Student Success -
Forum and Membership Help Promote Profession
eAIR spoke with Iryna Johnson, Associate Director for Analytics, Auburn University about the Forum call for proposals, attending the Forum for the first time, and the intrinsic value of AIR membership. e...Read Moreabout: Forum and Membership Help Promote Profession -
Joint Statement from AIR, EDUCAUSE, and NACUBO Urges Wider Use of Analytics
“If you want to go fast you should go alone, but if you want to go far, you should go together.” – Source unknown. I am a strong believer in the power of collective action to achieve a common goal and t...Read Moreabout: Joint Statement from AIR, EDUCAUSE, and NACUBO Urges Wider Use of Analytics -
Student Aggregate Voter Registration & Voting Rates
In mid-September, more than 1000 IR professionals will receive an NSLVE report from Tufts’ Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE). Each tailored report contains your students’ aggregate voter r...Read Moreabout: Student Aggregate Voter Registration & Voting Rates -
What the AIR Board and Executive Office Really Do
Have you ever wondered how the AIR Board of Directors (Board) and the staff of the Executive Office (EO) interact with one another and what they accomplish? The Board and EO have a symbiotic relationship that is based o...Read Moreabout: What the AIR Board and Executive Office Really Do -
Staff Positions at IR Offices
It’s challenging to be the director of an IR office. How many staff should you have? What kinds of work should those staff do? What roles should those staff be in? This month, we look at the staff roles within an I...Read Moreabout: Staff Positions at IR Offices -
Divide in Views on Higher Education
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...Read Moreabout: Divide in Views on Higher Education -
Using the INSERT Command in SPSS Syntax
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...Read Moreabout: Using the INSERT Command in SPSS Syntax -
Qlik Sense: Visualizing Future Enrollment/Tuition Revenue
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...Read Moreabout: Qlik Sense: Visualizing Future Enrollment/Tuition Revenue -
Journal News
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...Read Moreabout: Journal News -
Establishing an IR Department
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...Read Moreabout: Establishing an IR Department -
Colleague News
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. ...Read Moreabout: Colleague News -
Staying Fresh After 20 Years in the Field
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...Read Moreabout: Staying Fresh After 20 Years in the Field