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% of IR Offices Participating in Professional Development Related to Communicating Information
IR spends a significant amount of time collecting, managing, and analyzing data. But one of the most important tasks is our ability to accurately communicate that information in formats that can be consumed by our stakeh...Read Moreabout: % of IR Offices Participating in Professional Development Related to Communicating Information -
How Much Time Do You Spend Communicating with Stakeholders?
Data and analytics professionals like those in institutional research and institutional effectiveness produce information to support decision making. On average, 26% of time is spent on data collection and management and...Read Moreabout: How Much Time Do You Spend Communicating with Stakeholders? -
Survey Briefs Shed Light on How IR Has Evolved
The 2018 AIR National Survey of Institutional Research Offices provided respondents with national benchmarking reporting while providing a better understanding of the national state of IR. AIR has published a series...Read Moreabout: Survey Briefs Shed Light on How IR Has Evolved -
Percentage of Staff Time Devoted to Advanced Analytics
From the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we learned that 19% of staff time was devoted to conducting basic analytics (e.g., descriptive statistics). But what about advanced analytics (e.g., predictive analytics)?...Read Moreabout: Percentage of Staff Time Devoted to Advanced Analytics -
Diversity of Institution Respondents
IR Offices and U.S. institutions comes in all sizes and types, so finding relevant benchmarking data on IR Offices can be challenging. In the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, there were 543 U.S. IR Offices who com...Read Moreabout: Diversity of Institution Respondents
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