National Survey of IR Offices
2021 National Survey Briefs
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.
Methodology
The 2021 AIR National Survey of IR Offices attempted to survey IR office leaders at more than 3,000 postsecondary degree-granting institutions. Institutions of all sectors, types of control, and sizes were included in the sample. In total, responses were collected from 1,142 institutions, and 554 of those institutions completed the survey in full. To ensure comparable results, incomplete responses are excluded from this report. In addition, responses from for-profit institutions, administrative units, international institutions, private not-for-profit 2-year institutions, and institutions in U.S. territories are excluded due to low response rates.
The findings presented in this report are based on 520 responses that represent U.S. postsecondary, degree-granting institutions at public 4-year (146 institutions), public 2-year (125 institutions), or private not-for-profit 4-year institutions (249 institutions).
Suggested Citation
Jones, D., Keller, C., & Raza, Z. (2022). 2021 AIR National Survey of IR Offices: IR Office Staff Roles [Report]. Association for Institutional Research. www.airweb.org/NationalSurvey.
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