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    • Thank You
    • 07.12.19

    Thank You to the AIR Community

    • by eAIR
    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...
    Read Moreabout: Thank You to the AIR Community
    • Changing Scene
    • 07.12.19

    Colleague News

    • by eAIR
    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...
    Read Moreabout: Colleague News
  • IDHE-NSLVE
    • Ask eAIR
    • 06.20.19

    NSLVE Student Voting Data

    • by Nancy Thomas, Director, Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, Tufts University
    Dear Nancy: I heard that you changed who at an institution will receive NSLVE reports and that IR directors are now one of three report recipients. Can you tell me about the history of NSLVE, which institutions participa...
    Read Moreabout: NSLVE Student Voting Data
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    • National Survey Data Bite
    • 06.19.19

    Benchmarking the IR Office

    • by eAIR
    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...
    Read Moreabout: Benchmarking the IR Office
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    • Featured
    • 06.19.19

    An Exploration: What is IR?

    • by eAIR
    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 ...
    Read Moreabout: An Exploration: What is IR?
  • AO-Group
    • Special Feature / Interview
    • 06.19.19

    Forum Provides Perspectives to Meet Professional Challenges

    • by eAIR
    eAIR caught up with 6 winners of the AIR Affiliated Organization Travel Grant for the 2019 AIR Forum to find out how receiving the award impacted them and to discover their biggest take-aways from the conference in Denve...
    Read Moreabout: Forum Provides Perspectives to Meet Professional Challenges
    • Announcements
    • 06.19.19

    2019 Financial Education Research Grant Program Accepting Applications

    • by eAIR
    The new Financial Education Research Grant program provides funding for the development and implementation of innovative, high-impact financial education research. The central goal of the grant is to develop data, facts,...
    Read Moreabout: 2019 Financial Education Research Grant Program Accepting Applications
    • Changing Scene
    • 06.18.19

    Colleagues on the Move

    • by eAIR
    Christopher Antons has retired as Director of Institutional Research from Dominican University of California. Steve Buchele has retired from Ashesi University. Dan Gaichas is now Senior Research Analyst at Moraine Vall...
    Read Moreabout: Colleagues on the Move
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    • Visual Displays of Data
    • 06.18.19

    Degrees Awarded Dashboard: University of Southern Indiana

    • by Stephanie Diekmann, Data and Research Administrator, University of Southern Indiana
    The Degrees Awarded dashboard is a section in our University Fact Book, which is powered by Tableau. The dashboard represents the number of degrees awarded each academic year and can be filtered by college, department, a...
    Read Moreabout: Degrees Awarded Dashboard: University of Southern Indiana
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    • Tech Tips
    • 06.18.19

    Embedding Deeper Insights into Qualtrics Dashboard

    • by Dana Prymak, Research Associate, Thompson Rivers University
    As data scientists and university employees we cannot underestimate the value of extra time. Having said that, we also understand the importance and value behind spending time discovering data and communicating its insig...
    Read Moreabout: Embedding Deeper Insights into Qualtrics Dashboard
    • Thank You
    • 06.18.19

    Thank You to the AIR Community

    • by eAIR
    Thank you to Nick Hillman who presented Making the IPEDS Students Financial Aid Survey Data Meaningful on May 23, 2019 at the 9th IPEDS Educator web conference for this contract cycle. The session discussed the IPEDS Stu...
    Read Moreabout: Thank You to the AIR Community
    • Journal News
    • 05.16.19

    Journal/Book Discounts Available

    • by eAIR
    Journal and partner book discounts are back! Keep current with the latest news from influential IR, assessment, and higher education journals and books. Discounted journals include: Assessment Update Journal of ...
    Read Moreabout: Journal/Book Discounts Available
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    • National Survey Data Bite
    • 05.15.19

    National Survey of IR Offices

    • by eAIR
    The AIR National Survey of IR Offices has collected data from over 1,000 IR offices on metrics such as staffing, compensation, work produced, and clients served. Complete the survey by June 30, 2019, to take advant...
    Read Moreabout: National Survey of IR Offices
  • Tech-Tip-May-2019
    • Tech Tips
    • 05.15.19

    Combination Charts in Excel Made Easy

    • by Dale Amburgey, Assistant Director of Institutional Research, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    Given that a picture is worth 1,000 words, there will be occasions when you want to make your data visualization show more than just a standard chart. Microsoft Excel offers an easy way to address this by producing a com...
    Read Moreabout: Combination Charts in Excel Made Easy
  • VDDMay2019
    • Visual Displays of Data
    • 05.15.19

    Course Enrollment Trends Dashboard

    • by Steve Miller, Director/Sr. Analyst Institutional Research, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College
    University of Cincinnati students often take classes offered at other UC campuses and vice versa.  UC Blue Ash regional campus administrators and academic chairs wanted to better understand how many UCBA students we...
    Read Moreabout: Course Enrollment Trends Dashboard
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    • Featured Summit
    • 05.15.19

    Using Data and Analytics to Improve Student Success

    • by eAIR
    A summary of the 2019 Enterprise Summit: Analytics “The greatest potential for building effective institutional research is leveraging talent across the institution.” (from the Statement of Aspirational Pract...
    Read Moreabout: Using Data and Analytics to Improve Student Success
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    • Special Feature / Interview
    • 05.15.19

    Leading the Field in Service and Practice

    • by eAIR
    eAIR recently spoke with Barrie Fitzgerald, Director of Institutional Research, Valdosta State University, about juggling full-time work and graduate school, advice for first-time Forum attendees, being an IR leader...
    Read Moreabout: Leading the Field in Service and Practice
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    • Ask eAIR
    • 05.15.19

    Analytics Highlight Actionable Insights to Inform Decisions

    • by Timothy Chow, Director of Institutional Research, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Dear Timothy: In my office we have recently been discussing how analytics is changing IR. Some see it as getting too much into the weeds and one coworker said it felt like we were "telling people what to do." ...
    Read Moreabout: Analytics Highlight Actionable Insights to Inform Decisions
    • Thank You
    • 05.15.19

    Thank You to the AIR Community

    • by eAIR
    Authors who submit materials to AIR publications receive feedback from AIR members. Thank you to the following individuals who reviewed manuscripts submitted for the spring 2019 volume of The AIR Professional File: Doug ...
    Read Moreabout: Thank You to the AIR Community
    • Changing Scene
    • 05.15.19

    Who's on the Move?

    • by eAIR
    Michelle Arrington has retired as Associate Provost for Institutional Research from University of Southern Mississippi. Megan Bolter is now Assistant Director of Institutional Research and Decision Support at Ball State ...
    Read Moreabout: Who's on the Move?
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