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Creating Institutional Diversity Dashboards: Where Do IR Offices Start?
Attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education has intensified in recent months on many campuses. Increasingly, institutional leaders acknowledge that advancing social justice requires involving...Read Moreabout: Creating Institutional Diversity Dashboards: Where Do IR Offices Start? -
Introduction to Data Ethics
Every day, more than 2.5 exabytes (1 exabyte = 1 billion gigabytes) of data are produced. By the end of 2025, estimates suggest that number will rise to 436 exabytes. Data is truly everywhere, and its use is expanding an...Read Moreabout: Introduction to Data Ethics -
AIR Forum Reflects Big Themes, Big Opportunities in Higher Education
The 2019 AIR Forum in Denver was the educational event of the year for higher education professionals who support data-informed decision making. With over 300 sessions, there was something for every interest, learning s...Read Moreabout: AIR Forum Reflects Big Themes, Big Opportunities in Higher Education -
Diversity Driving Excellence: A Cross-Departmental Collaboration
In 2018, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), a public Research I university with a medical center in Richmond, VA, adopted its current strategic plan, Quest 2025. The plan advanced institutional priorities in four ar...Read Moreabout: Diversity Driving Excellence: A Cross-Departmental Collaboration -
Using the Self-Determined Professional Development Cycle© for Intentional Professional Growth
Many of my career positions have required a set amount of professional development each year. However, I have generally received few guidelines on which topics or activities to prioritize. I grew tired of putting off req...Read Moreabout: Using the Self-Determined Professional Development Cycle© for Intentional Professional Growth -
Test-Optional Admissions? IR Has Insights
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 -
Campus Leaders Reflect on IR, Ethics
A consistent theme in the reactions to the AIR Statement of Ethical Principles has been concern over the tension between what campus leaders want and what IR/IE practitioners see as the correct or ethical path. We ...Read Moreabout: Campus Leaders Reflect on IR, Ethics -
Raising the Data Literate and Qualitatively Responsible
Back in fall 2006, I had barely started my career in the IR/IE field, and our oldest child was starting her first year in Governor’s School in Virginia. One of her assigned books was How to Lie with Statistics by...Read Moreabout: Raising the Data Literate and Qualitatively Responsible -
Ethical Use of Data: Scenarios for Discussion
The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our students, prospective students, faculty, and staff is not yet known. Institutional research professionals can help support a better understanding of this impact by first r...Read Moreabout: Ethical Use of Data: Scenarios for Discussion -
COVID-19 Brings New Reports, Ethical Challenges
When the AIR Board approved the AIR Statement of Ethical Principles in September 2019, COVID-19 wasn't a blip on anyone's radar. Those were halcyon days, when the most popular dashboards tracked student success and enr...Read Moreabout: COVID-19 Brings New Reports, Ethical Challenges -
AIR Professional File Editor Retires After Seven Years of Service
Seven years, nine volumes, and 17 scholarly articles later, Sharron Ronco has retired from her role as editor of AIR Professional File, the association’s scholarly journal. In her volunteer role as editor, Sharro...Read Moreabout: AIR Professional File Editor Retires After Seven Years of Service -
CUPA-HR Tools to Support Employee DEI Goals
eAIR sat down with Jacqueline Bichsel, Ph.D., Director of Research at CUPA-HR, to learn more about its suite of tools and resources that can help IR and HR support employee diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiati...Read Moreabout: CUPA-HR Tools to Support Employee DEI Goals -
Making Dollars and Sense of the Value of Higher Education
Abundant evidence documents that a college degree confers significant economic and non-economic value for individuals and society. Even so, there is a need to continue to improve methods and data sources to deepen analys...Read Moreabout: Making Dollars and Sense of the Value of Higher Education -
Data Sources for Post-Graduation Outcomes
Institutional researchers are experts at examining analytical patterns related to preparedness for college, access to admissions, enrollment, progress and retention, the learning experience, financial aid, gr...Read Moreabout: Data Sources for Post-Graduation Outcomes -
Data Visualization: Quick Tips
In this article we will be discussing the key aspects of creating effective dashboards that convey useful information and visualizing survey results. Communicating quantitative and qualitative data in an easily dig...Read Moreabout: Data Visualization: Quick Tips -
Effective Data Visualization Strategies at Small Schools
The Data Visualization Challenge at Small Institutions Higher education institutions are seeing the value more and more in their data assets. Small universities need to make data informed decisions but face the challeng...Read Moreabout: Effective Data Visualization Strategies at Small Schools -
Tailoring Visualizations to Suit Your Audience
Introduction An effective visualization of data should be relevant to its intended audience and convey meaning. Readers make choices about what they spend time viewing and they won’t spend time reviewing a graphic...Read Moreabout: Tailoring Visualizations to Suit Your Audience -
Congratulations, 2021 AIR Community College Scholarship Winners!
AIR is pleased to provide scholarships that facilitate the professional growth and development of institutional research professionals. The Community College Scholarship supports early-career institutional res...Read Moreabout: Congratulations, 2021 AIR Community College Scholarship Winners! -
Following Up: IR in the Middle
As institutional researchers, we hold a plethora of knowledge that would be helpful for our institutions, yet we often find ourselves in positions where we have little authority to actually make change. There are histori...Read Moreabout: Following Up: IR in the Middle -
4 Principles for Communicating Institutional Data to Broad Audiences
The problem and hook: Institutional research officers live in an interesting world. We have a mission that is rooted in data stewardship; however, we are often required to translate that data into public- facing report...Read Moreabout: 4 Principles for Communicating Institutional Data to Broad Audiences
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