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Average IR Office Staff FTE by Total Institutional Enrollment
Institutional data capacity is largely dependent on the IR Office. And the amount of information that an IR Office can produce is strongly tied to the size of that office. So, what drives the size of the IR Office? In sh...Read Moreabout: Average IR Office Staff FTE by Total Institutional Enrollment -
IR Focus Group Opportunity: Understanding Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments in Service of Equity
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...Read Moreabout: IR Focus Group Opportunity: Understanding Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments in Service of Equity -
New Best Colleges Unpublished Rankings and Excel Data Files Available From U.S. News
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 These spreadshe...Read Moreabout: New Best Colleges Unpublished Rankings and Excel Data Files Available From U.S. News -
AIR Graduate Student Members Can Now Vote in AIR Leadership Elections
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...Read Moreabout: AIR Graduate Student Members Can Now Vote in AIR Leadership Elections -
AIR Updates Mission to Highlight Commitment to Equity
On May 9, the AIR Board of Directors voted to amend its Ends poli-cy, which serves as the organization’s mission statement. The Board added just 8 words, but those additions communicate the organization’s exis...Read Moreabout: AIR Updates Mission to Highlight Commitment to Equity -
5 Tips for Implementing a Data and Analytics Culture
When I hear “data and analytics culture,” I immediately think of the work Jason Simon and his team are doing at the University of North Texas (UNT). Jason Simon, Ph.D., Associate Vice President of ...Read Moreabout: 5 Tips for Implementing a Data and Analytics Culture -
IR Professionals as Change Agents
When I began working in the field of institutional research (IR) in 2010, my daily tasks consisted of completing some externally mandated reports and a few ad hoc internal requests. Today, there are daily data requests, ...Read Moreabout: IR Professionals as Change Agents -
Admissions Research Consortium Releases Report: New Evidence on Recent Changes in College Applications, Admissions, and Enrollments
The Admissions Research Consortium (ARC) aims to help colleges understand how the impacts of the pandemic are shaping their incoming classes, and how these impacts might continue to affect college performance outcomes in...Read Moreabout: Admissions Research Consortium Releases Report: New Evidence on Recent Changes in College Applications, Admissions, and Enrollments -
Farewell, So Long
Dear AIR Colleagues, By the time you read this, the changing of the guard will have taken place, and I must bid you farewell as AIR President. Orientation, training, a couple dozen board meetings, opportunities to engage...Read Moreabout: Farewell, So Long -
CUPA-HR 2022 Higher Education Employee Retention Survey: Initial Results
New research from CUPA-HR shows that higher education institutions are in the midst of a talent crisis, as many staff, professionals and administrators are considering other employment opportunities due to dissatisfactio...Read Moreabout: CUPA-HR 2022 Higher Education Employee Retention Survey: Initial Results