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CUPA-HR White Paper: Higher Education Workforce Challenges and Opportunities
CUPA-HR has shared with AIR a recent white paper highlighting various challenges facing higher education employees as well as emerging workforce trends. The white paper culminates with nine recommendations for better pos...Read Moreabout: CUPA-HR White Paper: Higher Education Workforce Challenges and Opportunities -
Higher Ed Employee Vaccination Poll
CUPA-HR released in April 2021 poll results highlighting the state of employee vaccinations at higher education institutions. Data includes information on how many institutions have documented policies and provide i...Read Moreabout: Higher Ed Employee Vaccination Poll -
Building a Student-Level Data Network
eAIR caught up with Jamie Isaac, Center for Education Survey Design and Analysis, RTI International, and Mamie Voight, Interim President at Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), to discuss the status and potenti...Read Moreabout: Building a Student-Level Data Network -
Survey Briefs Shed Light on How IR Has Evolved
The 2018 AIR National Survey of Institutional Research Offices provided respondents with national benchmarking reporting while providing a better understanding of the national state of IR. AIR has published a series...Read Moreabout: Survey Briefs Shed Light on How IR Has Evolved -
Update on AIR Activities to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The events of the past weeks leave us with mixed emotions. Our journey toward racial justice in the U.S. and within higher education remains long and difficult and much more work is needed. The AIR Board of Directors re...Read Moreabout: Update on AIR Activities to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -
Harper Reed on Being a Higher Ed Disruptor, Avoiding Ned Stark’s Fate
eAIR spoke with Technologist and Futurist Harper Reed to about what he considers to be a pivotal moment for higher education and how institutional researchers are uniquely positioned to serve as disruptors—th...Read Moreabout: Harper Reed on Being a Higher Ed Disruptor, Avoiding Ned Stark’s Fate -
Transformation, Data, and Shiny Objects: Moving Beyond Small Wins
eAIR spoke with Archie Cubarrubia, Deputy Director, Institutional Transformation, and Matt Crellin, Program Officer, Transformation, both with the U.S. Program, Postsecondary Success of the Bill & Melinda Gates Fou...Read Moreabout: Transformation, Data, and Shiny Objects: Moving Beyond Small Wins -
Two Recent Resources Provide National Higher Ed Insights
NCES Publishes Latest Digest of Education Statistics In February 2021, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) published the 2019 Digest of Education Statistics, which covers statistics about the 76.1 milli...Read Moreabout: Two Recent Resources Provide National Higher Ed Insights -
In Memoriam: Bill Knight
The AIR community is mourning the loss of a friend, mentor, and scholar. Bill Knight passed away April 7, 2021. Serving most recently as Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Miami University...Read Moreabout: In Memoriam: Bill Knight -
NCES Publishes SLDS Survey Analysis: Descriptive Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has published a report presenting aggregate summary statistics of Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) capacity based on state-level response to the 2018 SLDS sur...Read Moreabout: NCES Publishes SLDS Survey Analysis: Descriptive Statistics -
Walking Through an Enrollment Forecasting Example
A key development in higher education over the past several decades is the growth of institutional research offices that function under the core principles of explaining what is happening now and attempting to shed light...Read Moreabout: Walking Through an Enrollment Forecasting Example -
Be Part of the Solution: Antiracism in Institutional Research
Have you seen the University of Southern California’s (USC) Climate Committee charge for this academic year? Unless you work at USC, you probably haven’t, but it’s well worth a look. Broadly, the commi...Read Moreabout: Be Part of the Solution: Antiracism in Institutional Research -
ORCID Links Researchers, Their Research, and Their Institutions
eAIR had an opportunity to speak with Shawna Sadler, Engagement Manager, Outreach & Partnerships at ORCID, about connecting researchers with their work and their institutions. How would you describe ORCID to someone...Read Moreabout: ORCID Links Researchers, Their Research, and Their Institutions -
The IR Narrative: Telling People’s Stories through Data and Analytics
We learned recently from the AIR Stakeholder Survey that dashboards and data visualizations, communicating and effective presentations, and data analytics are the top areas of skills, abilities, and knowledge needed to ...Read Moreabout: The IR Narrative: Telling People’s Stories through Data and Analytics -
In Memoriam: Glynton Smith
AIR is saddened to announce the passing of longtime member Glynton Smith on March 3, 2021. Glynton was a retired director of institutional research at Georgia State as well as the Medical College of Georgia and the Unive...Read Moreabout: In Memoriam: Glynton Smith -
Mapping in Tableau
Visualizing geographic information helps data consumers quickly and easily derive insights and meaning. Institutional researchers, for example, may want to map students' home states or countries to help campus administra...Read Moreabout: Mapping in Tableau -
Using Survey Results to Assist Low-Income Queens College SEEK Students in Obtaining Resources During the Pandemic
Students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, many of whom are of color, continue to suffer as a result of the pandemic and need support from their colleges. The Queens College (QC) Percy E. Sutton, Search for Education...Read Moreabout: Using Survey Results to Assist Low-Income Queens College SEEK Students in Obtaining Resources During the Pandemic -
IPEDS Updates
Spring 2020 Data Released NCES has released provisional data from the Spring 2020 collection. The Spring 2020 collection includes the following survey component data: Enrollment, Fall 2019; Finance, Fiscal Year 2...Read Moreabout: IPEDS Updates -
A Review of the 2021 Chronicle of Higher Education Trends Report
The 2021 Chronicle of Higher Education Trends Report was released in February in both print and digital form. Consisting of five feature-length articles, this year’s report links the challenges of the COVID-19 pand...Read Moreabout: A Review of the 2021 Chronicle of Higher Education Trends Report -
Data Mining: A Primer for IR
What Is Data Mining and Why Would I Want to Use It? Data mining combines the areas of statistics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to discover relationships and insights hidden within large volumes of data....Read Moreabout: Data Mining: A Primer for IR