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Navigating Your Career: Interview Prep, Process, and Evaluation
This piece was adapted from a presentation at the SouthEast SAS Users Group (SESUG) 2024 conference. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate is 4.3% and there are more than 8.2 million job open...Read Moreabout: Navigating Your Career: Interview Prep, Process, and Evaluation -
What I’ve Learned: Reflections From My Years as an IR Director
In 2007, I moved from a tenured faculty position into higher ed administration; namely, I became a Director of Institutional Research (IR). The move was sudden, and I had no prior knowledge of IR as a field and no prior ...Read Moreabout: What I’ve Learned: Reflections From My Years as an IR Director -
Geography and Higher Education
While universities have experienced increased diversity in access over time, there continues to be a large disparity in educational attainment among students of different socioeconomic statuses, parental education levels...Read Moreabout: Geography and Higher Education -
Shape the Future: AIR Leadership Opportunities Await
“If service is beneath you, then leadership is beyond you.” This powerful quote is attributed to Bishop Dale Bronner, a well-known pastor and speaker who has emphasized the importance of servant leadership. S...Read Moreabout: Shape the Future: AIR Leadership Opportunities Await -
IR Around the World Continues to Grow and Strengthen
Data-informed decision making continues to be a focal point for higher education leaders around the world and colleagues across the globe work hard in this area. Although it may be called by a slightly different name or ...Read Moreabout: IR Around the World Continues to Grow and Strengthen -
Top Priorities for New Professionals in the Field of Institutional Research Today
As part of an international master’s program in Research and Innovation in Higher Ed., we had the opportunity to explore the most salient aspects of institutional research (IR) from valuable professionals in the f...Read Moreabout: Top Priorities for New Professionals in the Field of Institutional Research Today -
New Financial Value Transparency Rules for Higher Ed: What You Need to Know
If you work in higher education administration or institutional research (IR), you've probably heard rumblings about new federal regulations around "financial value transparency" and "gainful employment" that are set to ...Read Moreabout: New Financial Value Transparency Rules for Higher Ed: What You Need to Know -
AIR Announces 2024 Award and Scholarship Recipients
Each year, AIR recognizes and celebrates individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the success of the association and the profession through their leadership, service, and scholarship. AIR is also pleased ...Read Moreabout: AIR Announces 2024 Award and Scholarship Recipients -
Diversity and Dynamics in Hispanic Serving Community Colleges: A Comparative Study
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) have become increasingly essential in enhancing college accessibility and degree completion for Hispanic students, particularly within community colleges (Laden, 2010). These HSIs are...Read Moreabout: Diversity and Dynamics in Hispanic Serving Community Colleges: A Comparative Study -
One Year Strong: Reflections and 4 Lessons Learned for Newer (or Aspiring!) IR Professionals
I was fortunate to join the wonderful world of Institutional Research (IR) in October 2022. While it is hard to believe, my first year serving as an IR Analyst has already passed, and as cliché as it sounds, &ldq...Read Moreabout: One Year Strong: Reflections and 4 Lessons Learned for Newer (or Aspiring!) IR Professionals -
Strategic Planning for Institutional Research Offices
Institutional research (IR) practitioners are often at the forefront of their campus’s strategic planning and monitoring efforts. Yet, IR departments may not have a strategic plan for their department. Strategic pl...Read Moreabout: Strategic Planning for Institutional Research Offices -
IR and AI
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) is releasing content related to generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in the higher education, institutional research (IR), and institutional effect...Read Moreabout: IR and AI -
Trends in Higher Education and Their Implications for Institutional Research
The year 2023 was a time of rapid changes for higher education. Central to the changes was the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) in the already fast-moving digital transformation, reshaping the educational experience ...Read Moreabout: Trends in Higher Education and Their Implications for Institutional Research -
Volunteering Our Time for Service to AIR
Have you ever thought about volunteering for AIR and, instead of pushing the submit button on the application, you instead took a step back and said, “Nope, not this year.”? We have all been at points in our...Read Moreabout: Volunteering Our Time for Service to AIR -
Managing a Small IR Office Effectively through Non-traditional Approaches
In January 2017, I moved from a medium IR office to a one-person office; specifically, from Office of Institutional Research and Planning at The Ohio State University, to the one and only IR role for the College of Arts ...Read Moreabout: Managing a Small IR Office Effectively through Non-traditional Approaches -
All I Want for Christmas Is a DMS
During the beginning of September when I was a child, I could count on two things with certainty. First was the start of the new school year. Second was the arrival of the much-anticipated Sears and Roebuck’s annua...Read Moreabout: All I Want for Christmas Is a DMS -
In Memoriam: Jim Montgomery
The AIR community mourns the loss of James “Jim” Riley Montgomery, who was a pioneer in the field of IR and served as Director of Institutional Research at University of Tennessee followed by Virginia Tech. H...Read Moreabout: In Memoriam: Jim Montgomery -
Help Shape Our Shared Future – Submit an AIR Leadership Nomination By October 22
As fall sets in, we begin another year focusing on the myriad of tasks before us. But let me draw your attention to an important announcement - AIR has opened nominations for the 2024-2025 AIR Board of Directors an...Read Moreabout: Help Shape Our Shared Future – Submit an AIR Leadership Nomination By October 22 -
AIR Releases 2022–2023 Annual Report
Published on September 8, 2023, the 2022–2023 AIR annual report details the association’s work over the past year. The AIR Board of Directors and AIR Staff remain committed to supporting, connecting, and empo...Read Moreabout: AIR Releases 2022–2023 Annual Report -
The Corny Truth about IR
Have you ever seen a large corn field or tried to find your way out of a corn maze? With so much corn, it is often difficult to identify a reference point to find your way out.Much like a large field where you can easily...Read Moreabout: The Corny Truth about IR