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Celebrating Excellence: Honoring AIR’s 2026 Award Recipients
Each year, AIR recognizes individuals whose scholarship, leadership, and service have advanced the field of institutional research and strengthened the community that supports it. These honors carry particular significan...Read Moreabout: Celebrating Excellence: Honoring AIR’s 2026 Award Recipients -
AIR Submits Comments on Proposed STATS and Earnings Accountability Framework
AIR recently submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell, including...Read Moreabout: AIR Submits Comments on Proposed STATS and Earnings Accountability Framework -
AIR Announces the Edward L. Delaney, Jr. Rising Star Award & Scholarship
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) is pleased to announce the renaming of the AIR Rising Star Award as the Edward L. Delaney, Jr. Rising Star Award & Scholarship. This designation honors the life,...Read Moreabout: AIR Announces the Edward L. Delaney, Jr. Rising Star Award & Scholarship -
A Final Reflection—and an Invitation to Lead
Hello everyone,Over the past two years, I have taken every opportunity to exhort you to join our volunteer leadership at AIR, and for good reason. My last three years as a Board member, in particular the last two as the ...Read Moreabout: A Final Reflection—and an Invitation to Lead -
Share Your Experience: National Study on ACTS Implementation Now Open
AIR, in partnership with the Urban Institute, invites Institutional Research and Effectiveness professionals to participate in a national study examining how colleges and universities are responding to the Admissions Con...Read Moreabout: Share Your Experience: National Study on ACTS Implementation Now Open -
AIR and Urban Institute Launch National Study on ACTS Implementation
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the Urban Institute are partnering on a national study examining how colleges and universities are implementing the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (AC...Read Moreabout: AIR and Urban Institute Launch National Study on ACTS Implementation -
Board Corner
With our recent AIR elections just passed and the results certified by the Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC), I want to congratulate our newly elected Board and NEC members. AIR as an organization will benefit gr...Read Moreabout: Board Corner -
A Moment of Transition for IPEDS: Honoring RTI’s Service, Looking Ahead
From LinkedIn Some in the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) community may not have seen that the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) contract was awarded to a new contractor—AEM C...Read Moreabout: A Moment of Transition for IPEDS: Honoring RTI’s Service, Looking Ahead -
AIR Signs on to Letter Regarding Proposed Workforce Pell Regulations
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) has joined a coalition of higher education organizations in submitting comments on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulations for the new Workforce Pell...Read Moreabout: AIR Signs on to Letter Regarding Proposed Workforce Pell Regulations -
AIR’s Christine Keller Joins National Effort to Reimagine Federal Higher Education Data System
The Institute for Higher Education Policy has launched a national initiative—NCES Next: Building a Stronger Federal Postsecondary Data System—to rethink how federal higher education data are collected, struct...Read Moreabout: AIR’s Christine Keller Joins National Effort to Reimagine Federal Higher Education Data System