2021 AIR National Survey

The 2021 AIR National Survey collected information about organizational structures, leadership, staffing, and core work functions from 1,142 primarily non-profit colleges and universities across geographic regions, sectors, and institution sizes. The 2021 survey also collected information on data capacity and data literacy, IR contributions to student success, and emerging trends in remote work. Demographic information on office leaders and staff—including gender and race/ethnicity—were collected for the first time during this administration. 

Briefs

• Staff Roles, FTE, and Characteristics
• Full-time Staff Salaries
• Staff Job Functions and Salary Expenditures
• Leadership and Management
• Executive Leadership for the Data and Analytics Function
• IR Office Work
• IR Office Reporting Relationships
• Data Literacy, Capacity, and Maturity
• Professional Development
  

Benchmarking Reports

This series of benchmarking reports provides a further level of disaggregation for those needing information at the survey question level. These reports provide comparative reporting by factors like major institutional sector, U.S. region, and total student FTE. In addition, there is a longitudinal comparative report between like items from the 2018 and 2021 surveys. 

2018 AIR National Survey

The 2018 AIR National Survey gathered information on organizational structures, leadership, staffing, and core work functions from 1,167 primarily non-profit colleges and universities across geographic regions, sectors, and institution sizes. The 2018 survey also collected information on resources and clients of the IR Office.

Briefs

• Staff Roles
• Staff Salaries
• Staff Job Functions
• Teamwork and Efficiency
• Leader Characteristics
• Executive Leadership for the Data and Analytics Function
• Reporting Relationships
• Work Functions
• Work Portfolios 

2015 AIR National Survey

The first AIR National Survey was conducted in 2015 with funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 2,053 responses were collected from mainly non-profit colleges and universities across geographic regions, sectors, and institutional sizes. Survey topic areas included organizational structures, staffing, and scope of responsibilities. 

Survey Instruments and Reports