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ACUHO-I Funded Research Grants Program
ACUHO-I is now accepting proposals for the March 2019 cycle of the Funded Research Grants program. To date, the program has awarded over $90,000 to 19 studies. Financial support is available for selected research st...Read Moreabout: ACUHO-I Funded Research Grants Program -
Strategies for Managing Up
Dear Deborah: I’ve just been promoted to a middle management position. I want to solidify my relationship with my director as well as my subordinates. Can you share some strategies for managing up? First off, cong...Read Moreabout: Strategies for Managing Up -
Data Collection Project: State Performance-Based Funding Policies
eAIR spoke with Robert Kelchen, Assistant Professor, Education Leadership, Management, and Policy, Seton Hall University, about a new grant that will study the effects of variations in performance-based funding poli...Read Moreabout: Data Collection Project: State Performance-Based Funding Policies -
Self Care and Association Care
I’ve been working on self care over the past couple of years, and I know some of you have too. It is hard for many of us to take time to focus on ourselves, to be certain that we are doing the things needed to stay...Read Moreabout: Self Care and Association Care -
Good Reads for the Higher Education Professional
Check out the latest IR and higher education journal issues. March eAIR highlights content for New Directions for Institutional Research and Innovative Higher Education. New Directions for Institutional Resea...Read Moreabout: Good Reads for the Higher Education Professional -
Thank You to the AIR Community
Thank you to Tyler Davis and Ruth Hammond for presenting Analyzing IPEDS Data by State for the Almanac of Higher Education at the 6th IPEDS Educator web conference for the current contract cycle on February 7, 2019. Than...Read Moreabout: Thank You to the AIR Community -
Visual Guide to STP Enrollment Dashboard in Tableau
Figure 1: STP Enrollment Dashboard Introduction Tim Miller, a blogger for DataViz at Data Science Central, recently offered suggestions for Creating a Great Information Dashboard. He nicely summarized some of the...Read Moreabout: Visual Guide to STP Enrollment Dashboard in Tableau -
Embedded Data: Dynamic Survey Questions in Qualtrics
Surveys in higher education often target students at different levels of their degrees, which makes survey design tricky. Qualtrics has a useful feature to dynamically adapt survey questions to meet the survey requireme...Read Moreabout: Embedded Data: Dynamic Survey Questions in Qualtrics -
Demography as Opportunity: Diversity as an Asset to Colleges and the Country
Reports & Tools Do Open Educational Resources Improve Student Learning? Implications of the Access Hypothesis (Casey Kerins) This new study of Open Educational Resources (OERs) discuss the “Access hypoth...Read Moreabout: Demography as Opportunity: Diversity as an Asset to Colleges and the Country -
Data Bite March 2019
When you walk around AIR’s annual conference, the Forum, or a regional or state affiliated organization’s conference, you will hear attendees talking about the wide variety of work their office does – b...Read Moreabout: Data Bite March 2019 -
Insights on Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy-making Act of 2018
Thanks to Tasha Dannenbring, Director of Assessment and Institutional Research, South Dakota Board of Regents, for providing the original idea and background for this article. The Foundations for Evidence-Based...Read Moreabout: Insights on Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy-making Act of 2018 -
2019 AccessLex Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program
The Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program awards grants to both execute and evaluate legal education diversity pipeline programs designed to help college students and/or college graduates from historically underrepre...Read Moreabout: 2019 AccessLex Diversity Pipeline Research Grant Program -
New Year, New Technology
eAIR recently spoke with Robinson Neidhardt, AIR Strategy Director of Technology, about the new website and user portal (as of January 2019), including what went on behind the scenes of this massive undertaking and ...Read Moreabout: New Year, New Technology -
Changing Tableau’s Repository Location
When you download Tableau Desktop, by default Tableau adds a file folder to your documents folder called “My Tableau Repository.” This folder contains data and options for your desktop application. In additio...Read Moreabout: Changing Tableau’s Repository Location -
Thank You to the AIR Community
Thank you to the AIR members who served on the Julia M. Duckwall and Edward Delaney Scholarship Review Committee. Your commitment to helping facilitate the professional growth and development of early career institutiona...Read Moreabout: Thank You to the AIR Community -
Completing College: A National View of Student Completion Rates
IR in the Know keeps you up to date on current and emerging issues related to higher education data collection, analyses, and reporting with a brief summary of topics and links to more detailed information. IR in th...Read Moreabout: Completing College: A National View of Student Completion Rates -
Data Bite February 2019
The Statement of Aspirational Practice for Institutional Research advances the need for executive level leadership of the data and analytics function at post-secondary institutions. The role is “broader than a trad...Read Moreabout: Data Bite February 2019 -
Who's on the Move?
JR Bjerklie is now Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Hartwick College. Jennifer Blaylock is now Institutional Reporting & Research Coordinator for University of Arkansas-Pulaski Tech. Amy Filade...Read Moreabout: Who's on the Move? -
Graduate Student Retention and Graduation Rates
Dear Suzanne: Why should we pay attention to graduate student retention and graduation rates? When considering how to answer this question, I looked at two overall questions: First, how do institutions handle graduate st...Read Moreabout: Graduate Student Retention and Graduation Rates -
Analyzing Academic Program Fiscal Performance
Understanding the financial viability of academic programs is increasingly at the forefront of discussions at small colleges and universities. However, a simple analysis of direct gross profits can be misleading if not p...Read Moreabout: Analyzing Academic Program Fiscal Performance