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  • CTRL Key Shortcuts
    • Tech Tips
    • 09.22.20

    “Ctrl” Excel and Word

    • by Hilary Carter, Assistant Director Business Intelligence, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
    Did you know there are many keyboard shortcuts built into Microsoft Office that can save you time and make your life easier? It’s time to get friendly with your Control key! Here are 25 “Ctrl&n...
    Read Moreabout: “Ctrl” Excel and Word
  • Summit
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    • 09.22.20

    Enterprise Experience Summit

    • by eAIR
    Mark Your Calendar for the Enterprise Experience Summit Enterprise Experience Summit  November 5 | 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET The year's challenges have highlighted the need for colleges and universities to m...
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  • Arthur Wright Chickering
    • Featured
    • 09.22.20

    In Memoriam: Arthur Wright Chickering

    • by George D. Kuh, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University
    We lost a prolific scholar, influential thought leader and innovator on August 15, 2020, with the passing of Arthur Wright Chickering. His distinguished career spanned more than six decades and is marked by a long-standi...
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  • Assessment of Student Learning During a Global Pandemic 
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    • 09.22.20

    Assessment of Student Learning During a Global Pandemic

    • by eAIR
    As institutions planned for a fall term full of uncertainty, AIR was interested to learn about assessment of student learning in spring 2020 given the sudden changes that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn More
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  • NSIRO
    • National Survey Data Bite
    • 09.22.20

    National Survey Updates

    • by eAIR
    The AIR National Survey of Institutional Research Offices is a nationally representative longitudinal study of the IR Office. This project provides data to better understand the national state of the IR/IE function ...
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  • Application Accepted!
    • Featured
    • 09.22.20

    Test-Optional Admissions? IR Has Insights

    • by Steven Graunke, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
    In 2018, the University of Chicago announced that it would no longer be requiring students to submit test scores in order to be admitted (Kmetz, 2018). Their admissions process would now be test-optional,...
    Read Moreabout: Test-Optional Admissions? IR Has Insights
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    • 07.28.20

    IR’s Role in Addressing Racism and Supporting Social Justice

    • by Justin Rose, Southeastern University and Nicola Richmond, Pima Community College
    With the start of the new decade, we have seen numerous significant events, including a pandemic that has massively impacted our institutions and has the potential to fundamentally transform the nature of education and w...
    Read Moreabout: IR’s Role in Addressing Racism and Supporting Social Justice
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    • 07.28.20

    Call for Papers: Innovative Higher Education

    • by eAIR
    Innovative Higher Education (IHE) features work on the effect of such innovations on teaching and student learning. Multidisciplinary in scope and approach, IHE publishes diverse forms of scholarship and research ...
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    • 07.28.20

    Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor

    • by Marcia A. Finch, Senior Institutional Research Analyst, Neumann University
    While I primarily use Microsoft Excel’s Power Query Editor to put together a complicated table or report in a short period of time, I’ve learned that you can also use it to explore any data set. Here are the ...
    Read Moreabout: Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor
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    • Visual Displays of Data
    • 07.28.20

    Improving Transparency With Applicant Public Access Portals

    • by Felipe Torres Vyhmeister, Head of Institutional Research, VP of Planning and Development, Federico Santa Maria Technical University
    The Chilean Ministry of Education, through the Sub-secretariat for Higher Education, has instructed the universities to set up public access portals for applicants as a way to improve transparency in information and the ...
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    • National Survey Data Bite
    • 07.28.20

    Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships

    • by eAIR
    From the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we learned that most IR offices in U.S. postsecondary institutions report to either the President/Chief Executive Officer or the Provost/Chief Academic Officer; the remain...
    Read Moreabout: Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships
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    • Surveys/Research
    • 07.28.20

    COVID-19, Reopening, and the Role of IR

    • by eAIR
    Concerns about returning to in-person instruction and campus life in fall 2020 in light of COVID-19 remain at the forefront of higher education news. The conversations, planning, strategizing, contingency modeling, and d...
    Read Moreabout: COVID-19, Reopening, and the Role of IR
    • IR In The Know
    • 07.28.20

    Supreme Court Protects DACA, LGBTQ Workers; Prioritizing DEI During COVID-19

    • by eAIR
    Reports & Tools Spring 2020 Current Term Enrollment Estimates: A COVID-19 Supplement How are students responding to the campus shutdowns and online-only classes amid COVID-19? Which students and which institutions ar...
    Read Moreabout: Supreme Court Protects DACA, LGBTQ Workers; Prioritizing DEI During COVID-19
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    • Special Feature / Interview
    • 07.28.20

    IR Is a Critical Partner in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work

    • by Ellen Peters, Associate Provost, Institutional Research, Planning and Student Success, University of Puget Sound
    Ellen had the opportunity to speak with Michael Benitez, Jr., Vice President for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Metropolitan State University, Denver. Over the past two decades, Benitez has served higher educat...
    Read Moreabout: IR Is a Critical Partner in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work
  • SuzanneS
    • Ask eAIR
    • 07.28.20

    Educating Our IR Offices on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    • by Suzanne Simpson, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Dear Suzanne: How can we better educate our IR offices on diversity, equity, and inclusion? This is a very important and timely topic. When thinking about this question for our institutional research colleagues, I decid...
    Read Moreabout: Educating Our IR Offices on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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    • Data Governance
    • 07.28.20

    Building a Collaborative Culture in Data Governance

    • by Vaughn K. Hopkins, Delaware State University and Henry Zheng, Ohio State University
    In this installment on data governance, we discuss what it takes to build a collaborative data governance culture and why it is beneficial to the overall organization to help move its mission forward.  To begin to d...
    Read Moreabout: Building a Collaborative Culture in Data Governance
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    • Board Corner
    • 07.28.20

    Looking Back, Looking Ahead

    • by Heather A. Kelly, AIR President
    I cherish the opportunity to meet up with our IR colleagues at the AIR Forum every year. Who would have known at last year’s AIR Forum in Denver that we would not meet again this year in New Orleans? Although the c...
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    • 07.28.20

    Predictors for Retention, Persistence, and Success

    • by Eddie Bolden, Case Western Reserve University; Rhyan Conyers, Transylvania University; and Kristine King, St. Martin’s University
    Many of us were unable to attend conferences this year, where we likely would have picked up on lessons to help us improve upon student and institutional success. Our aim is that this article will act as a substitute for...
    Read Moreabout: Predictors for Retention, Persistence, and Success
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    • 07.28.20

    Oklahoma State University Launches Innovative Contact Tracing Program

    • by Georgia Mariani, Principal Product Marketing Manager, SAS Institute Inc.
    As universities across the U.S. wrestle with reopening plans, the time-tested public health measure of contact tracing will be essential to those efforts. Universities will need to quickly identify who a COVID-positive p...
    Read Moreabout: Oklahoma State University Launches Innovative Contact Tracing Program
  • Anti-racist-IR
    • Featured
    • 07.28.20

    How Can We Be Antiracist Institutional Researchers?

    • by Inger Bergom
    Following the recent killing of George Floyd while he was in police custody, AIR released a Statement on Racial Injustice and announced a coffee chat focused on advancing equity and inclusion in highe...
    Read Moreabout: How Can We Be Antiracist Institutional Researchers?
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