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  • Podcast
    • Announcements
    • 11.17.20

    Podcast: Leading Improvements in Higher Education

    • by eAIR
    AIR's Leah Ewing Ross and Stephan Cooley are featured in an episode of the Assessment Institute's new podcast series, Leading Improvements in Higher Education. Podcast episodes profile peopl...
    Read Moreabout: Podcast: Leading Improvements in Higher Education
  • Joint-Analytics-Statement
    • Announcements
    • 11.17.20

    Case Study: Analytics at University of California, San Diego

    • by eAIR
    AIR, EDUCAUSE, and NACUBO have published a case study highlighting how University of California, San Diego, is embracing the "Change with Analytics" statement, jointly released by the three associations, on its journey t...
    Read Moreabout: Case Study: Analytics at University of California, San Diego
  • Future of IR
    • Featured
    • 11.17.20

    Contemplating the Future of IR

    • by Nic Richmond, Chief Strategist, Pima Community College; Ozlem Kacira, Director of Reporting and Analytics, Pima Community College
    We live and work in highly complex times, and institutional research is directly impacted. It used to be there was a major innovation every decade or so followed by a period of stability. Not so anymore. Today, the...
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  • Eric Lovik
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    • 11.17.20

    What’s in Store for IR? Three Predictions

    • by Eric Lovik, Director of Institutional Research, Radford University
    In light of the changes and disruptions throughout 2020, what do you anticipate the future of IR to look like?  There is no doubt that we have frequently heard people using superlatives to describe...
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  • Kate Akers
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    • 11.17.20

    Providing Actionable Data to Policy Makers

    • by Rhyan Conyers, VP for Institutional Effectiveness, Transylvania University
    Rhyan had the opportunity to speak with Kate Akers, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Advanced Data Analytics at Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Her office coordinates with ins...
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    • Featured
    • 11.17.20

    Leadership and Improvisational Comedy: The Same Rules Apply

    • by Ellen Peters, Associate Provost, Institutional Research, Planning and Student Success, University of Puget Sound
    There are so many leadership models out there—in the business literature, in the psychology literature, in education to name a few—and the models range from servant leadership to autocratic to charismat...
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  • Warning
    • Featured
    • 11.17.20

    The Trouble with Inconsistent or Incorrect Data: A Higher Education Perspective

    • by Sonia Schaible Brandon, University of Northern Colorado
    Data governance structures in higher education can lead to a lack of understanding of the value of data within an institution. According to the most recent American College President Study, college and un...
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  • Fast Forward
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    • 11.17.20

    Fast Forward: Considering the “Post-Pandemic” Future of Higher Ed (Video)

    • by eAIR
    What will higher education look like in a year or five years? How is the pandemic upending ways institutions operate, students learn, faculty teach, and equitable outcomes are achieved? What role will data and analytics ...
    Read Moreabout: Fast Forward: Considering the “Post-Pandemic” Future of Higher Ed (Video)
  • Average FTE by Staff Role
    • National Survey Data Bite
    • 11.16.20

    Average FTE by Staff Role

    • by eAIR
    We are often asked, "How many staff should our IR/IE office have?" In the 2018 AIR National Survey of Institutional Research Offices, we asked Office Leaders to provide the average staff FTE per type of staff role (see b...
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  • Infographics as an Alternative
    • Visual Displays of Data
    • 11.16.20

    Infographics as an Alternative

    • by Office of Institutional Research at Dartmouth College
    While the office routinely uses Tableau dashboards to share data with the campus community, there are also projects where an infographic may be a more visually compelling alternative. The office has invested in two tools...
    Read Moreabout: Infographics as an Alternative
  • Leading and Managing During COVID-19
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    • 10.13.20

    Leading and Managing During COVID-19

    • by eAIR
    Sudden change and its impact on the way we go about business highlight existing challenges and yet can give rise to new opportunities, too. Learn More
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  • Using Images as Data Points in Excel Column Charts
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    • 10.13.20

    Using Images as Data Points in Excel Column Charts

    • by Dale Amburgey, Assistant Director, Institutional Research, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
    There are many features in Microsoft Excel that go unnoticed. One of these features allows you to add flair to your data visualization with relative ease. When creating column charts in Excel, we often utilize the defaul...
    Read Moreabout: Using Images as Data Points in Excel Column Charts
  • Debbie Dailey
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    • 10.13.20

    Colleague News

    • by eAIR
    Debbie Dailey retired as Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Birmingham-Southern College. Read more about her accomplishments by viewing her 2020 AIR Outstanding Service Award profile.  ...
    Read Moreabout: Colleague News
  • heather-kelly
    • Board Corner
    • 10.13.20

    Let’s Get Connected!

    • by Heather A. Kelly, AIR President
    In these uncertain times you should know that you are not alone. Whether your concerns center around the pandemic, financial constraints, enrollment matters, or social unrest, AIR is here to support you and your work. As...
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    • Data Governance
    • 10.13.20

    Data Governance: An Implementation Checklist

    • by Henry Zheng, Ohio State University and Vaughn K. Hopkins, Delaware State University
    One of my favorite books is “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right” by Atul Gawande. In this book, Dr. Gawande explains that in our ever-changing world, many processes are complicated with inter-co...
    Read Moreabout: Data Governance: An Implementation Checklist
  • Data-Driven Culture
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    • 10.13.20

    IR’s Role in Promoting a Data-Driven Culture

    • by Sonia Schaible Brandon, University of Northern Colorado
    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
  • Rankings and Excel Data Files Available
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    • 09.24.20

    Excel Data from U.S. News

    • by eAIR
    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
  • Justin Rose
    • Member Perspective
    • 09.24.20

    How Can We Use the AIR Statement of Ethical Principles During the Current Crises Affecting Higher Education?

    • by Justin Rose, Director of Institutional Research, Southeastern University
    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?
  • Heather Kelly, AIR President; Junelyn Peeples, AIR Vice President; Martin Fortner, AIR Immediate Past President
    • Board Corner
    • 09.24.20

    Make a Lasting Impact

    • by Heather Kelly, AIR President; Junelyn Peeples, AIR Vice President; Martin Fortner, AIR Immediate Past President
    "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
  • Stony Brook University COVID-19 Dashboard
    • Visual Displays of Data
    • 09.23.20

    The Story Behind the Stony Brook University COVID-19 Dashboard

    • by Braden Hosch, Associate Vice President for Institutional Research, Planning & Effectiveness, and Sean Hoffman, Senior Analytics Developer for the Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Effectiveness; Stony Brook University
    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
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