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IR Office Staff Roles, FTE, and Characteristics
The responsibilities and duties that constitute institutional research (IR) vary from one institution to another; however, IR and data professionals are essential to accomplish the work. In the 2021 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we asked IR office leaders to tell us about staff roles and staff sizes, hours worked per week, and to evaluate the adequacy of their staff sizes.
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IR Office Leadership and Management
Institutional research (IR) leaders have myriad responsibilities beyond leading the work of their units, including hiring and training new staff, managing staff, and communicating the value of their offices’ work to stakeholders and senior leaders. Many who work in IR started their careers on completely different professional trajectories. In the 2021 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we asked IR office leaders about their educational and professional backgrounds to explore their characteristics as a group.
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IR Office Teamwork and Efficiency
While it is important to consider analytical and technical skills when hiring new institutional research (IR) staff members, leaders should also consider their offices’ needs and how well candidates fit within the types of work produced, the priorities of stakeholders served, and overall work culture of the office and institution. In the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we asked IR leaders to evaluate their staffs’ work quality, efficiency, and effectiveness as well as their abilities to develop interpersonal relationships, communicate effectively, and contribute to teams.
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IR Office Staff Salaries
Transformation of data into informed decisions requires a financial investment (or commitment) by the institution. Hardware, software, and other resources are essential to the work of institutional research (IR). Yet the tools and technology are inadequate without a corresponding investment in people. Salaries play critical roles in recruiting and retaining highly skilled staff. In the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we asked leaders to describe and evaluate staff salaries.
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IR Office Staff Roles
The responsibilities and duties that constitute institutional research (IR) vary from one institution to another; however, IR and data professionals are essential to accomplish the work. In the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we asked IR office leaders to tell us about staff roles and staff sizes, and to evaluate the adequacy of their staff sizes.