Announcements

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on behalf of the Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee (SOCPC), announces the review of the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Manual for potential ...

See the Federal Register posting [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 102, PP. 45870-45871] opening the 30-day public comment period on the request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for changes to the IPEDS col...

Every year, AIR honors institutional research (IR) professionals who have made notable contributions to the success of the association and the IR field through demonstrated service, leadership, and scholarship throughout...

Institutional researchers (IR) are invited to participate in a recently launched study, Understanding Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments in Service of Equity. In particular, IR professionals are asked to partici...

U.S. News is providing, free of charge to any institutional researcher, Excel spreadsheets with ranking data that appear in the main rankings tables in the Best Colleges 2022-2023 Edition guide book. These spreadshe...

The AIR Bylaws were updated by a vote of the members present at the AIR Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, June 8, in Phoenix. Following the 2021 AIR leadership elections, the 2020-2021 Nomination and Elections Commit...

On May 9, the AIR Board of Directors voted to amend its Ends policy, which serves as the organization’s mission statement. The Board added just 8 words, but those additions communicate the organization’s exis...

NCES has recently published a webpage providing information on the similarities and differences between the three IPEDS surveys components primarily focused on measuring student success: Graduation Rates (GR), Graduation...

A new version of DataLab, including an updated and improved PowerStats, is now available. The new DataLab improves the ease-of-use and performance of PowerStats; incorporates the charting functions of QuickStats into Pow...

Suggestions from IPEDS Technical Review Panel #64, Meeting the Moment: Modernizing the IPEDS Admissions Survey Component” are currently open for comment. This TRP meeting was held on June 22 and 23, 2021, via video...

NCES has released provisional data from the Fall 2020 collection. The Fall 2020 collection includes the following survey component data: Institutional Characteristics and Cost of Attendance for the 2020-21 Academic...

The registration period for the 2021-22 IPEDS data collection is now open. Existing (primary) Keyholders and Coordinators should have received a registration email on August 4, 2021. For additional information on the dat...

NCES announced it will be making two changes to the 2020 CIP which will become effective with the opening of the Fall 2021 Data Collection:  1) Addition of CIP Code 49.0109 Remote Aircraft Pilot: A program that pre...

Suggestions from IPEDS Technical Review Panel #63, “Capturing and Clarifying Dual Enrollment Data (Part II)” are posted at https://edsurveys.rti.org/IPEDS_TRP/Default.aspx and are currently open for comment. ...

The IPEDS Trend Generator has recently been updated with residence and migration data, featuring two new questions on all first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates and on newly enrolled first-time degree/certi...

The IPEDS data collection calendar for 2021-22 has now been posted and is available at: https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/data-collection-schedule

AIR is pleased to announce updated IPEDS video tutorials for the 2020–21 winter and spring collection periods. Funded and approved by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statist...

IPEDS TRP Summary Open for Comment Suggestions from IPEDS Technical Review Panel #60, “Monitoring Emerging Issues in Higher Education” are posted at https://edsurveys.rti.org/IPEDS_TRP/Default.aspx and are cu...

AIR's Leah Ewing Ross and Stephan Cooley are featured in an episode of the Assessment Institute's new podcast series, Leading Improvements in Higher Education. Podcast episodes profile peopl...

AIR, EDUCAUSE, and NACUBO have published a case study highlighting how University of California, San Diego, is embracing the "Change with Analytics" statement, jointly released by the three associations, on its journey t...