Postsecondary Data GPS Gives Data Users Direction
Have you ever wondered how to increase data use beyond compliance? Have you struggled to connect your institution’s data with student success initiatives? After hearing from institutions looking to improve dat...
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IR Professionals as Campus and Public Educators
Society has been moving toward greater reliance on technology, immediate data, and predictive analytics in nearly every aspect of life. This has become especially noticeable this year as medical experts, government leade...Read Moreabout: IR Professionals as Campus and Public Educators -
College Readiness Data Informs Student Support Services
eAIR caught up with Sheila Steiner, Director of Assessment & Accreditation, Saint Martin’s University, who answered these questions as they relate to the current pandemic: What determines college read...Read Moreabout: College Readiness Data Informs Student Support Services -
How COVID-19 Is Impacting IR/IE Right Now
Due to COVID-19, our working environments have radically changed. During this unprecedented time, we are leaning on our neighbors to help us through various challenges. Fortunately, I was able to reach out to some amazin...Read Moreabout: How COVID-19 Is Impacting IR/IE Right Now -
Institutions Look at Potential Financial Implications of the Pandemic
Many universities have become concerned that the COVID-19 pandemic will affect finances. In a recent survey of college presidents and chancellors about their coronavirus concerns, 87% revealed that they were very or some...Read Moreabout: Institutions Look at Potential Financial Implications of the Pandemic -
Three Universities, Six Examples of Innovative Data
"Institutions know they need to innovate to achieve a competitive advantage in today’s complex marketplace, and almost none of today’s innovation can happen without data and technology.” -- Susan Grajek...Read Moreabout: Three Universities, Six Examples of Innovative Data -
Advanced Analytics on a Budget
We all know the value that our data can bring to our organizations. Some of us who are part of small institutional research offices must focus a great deal of our time on mandated reporting needs and critical ad hoc data...Read Moreabout: Advanced Analytics on a Budget -
Strategic Plan Models: Making an Informed Selection
In recent decades, the iterative development and publication of strategic plans has become a nearly universal practice in higher education. This universality has been accompanied by a predictable mediocrity in what one m...Read Moreabout: Strategic Plan Models: Making an Informed Selection -
Higher Education Needs Data Governance
This month, the authors discuss why data governance is needed in higher education. Data are everywhere, and higher education has more than its fair share. From student data to business data to research data, there a...Read Moreabout: Higher Education Needs Data Governance -
COVID-19: Institutions Respond and Act
COVID-19 has become a global pandemic and has caused disruption to life as we know it. As of April 2, at least 216,000 cases of the virus had been reported in the U.S. alone. Colleges and universities are responding...Read Moreabout: COVID-19: Institutions Respond and Act -
The Next Big Thing for IR: The Data Lake
Dear Sonia: My IR director wants us to create a data management system that can house a data lake. What is a data lake and how can we accomplish this? For institutional research and chief data officers (CDOs), one of th...Read Moreabout: The Next Big Thing for IR: The Data Lake