AIR LEADs: Leadership with Evidence, Analytics, and Data
Our field and our institutions require leaders who understand, embrace, and contribute to data-informed decision-making with urgency, care, and evidence. Developing as leaders and growing beyond management roles requires time and dedication to cultivate knowledge, skills, mindsets, and habits.
In this course, we explore how higher education data professionals—including those from institutional research (IR), institutional effectiveness (IE), and assessment—can prepare to make the jump to serve as leaders within their institutions, the profession, and beyond.
This type of leadership development requires dedication and time to learn new things and to unlearn what we think we already know. This course incorporates both virtual and face-to-face opportunities to provide that time and space for participants with the guidance of experienced facilitator-mentors.
2026 Schedule
Pre-seminar meeting, seminar, and post-seminar meetings
- May 12: 1.5-hour virtual meeting and readings/activities
- May 25–26: 1.5-day in-person gathering in Washington, D.C.
- June – September: Monthly 1.5-hour virtual meetings
Course Value
Participants in this course will:
- Be poised to think differently about their roles, career trajectories, and contributions to their institutions
- Be well-suited to assist in leadership of their institutions as higher education continues to adapt and mature with approaches to data
- Be encouraged to form professional relationships with one another to build trusted networks for future conversations and opportunities
- Receive certificates of completion and formal letters of acknowledgement to their institution leaders
Pricing
- Early (through March 31): $850 members / $1,050 nonmembers
- Regular (April 1 – April 30): $975 members / $1,175 nonmembers
- Late (May 1 – May 24): $1,075 members / $1,275 nonmembers
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Accommodations
If you have any special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the AIR Education Team at 850-385-4155 or email training@airweb.org.
