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Building a Student-Level Data Network
eAIR caught up with Jamie Isaac, Center for Education Survey Design and Analysis, RTI International, and Mamie Voight, Interim President at Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), to discuss the status and potenti...Read Moreabout: Building a Student-Level Data Network -
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 -
Update on AIR Activities to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The events of the past weeks leave us with mixed emotions. Our journey toward racial justice in the U.S. and within higher education remains long and difficult and much more work is needed. The AIR Board of Directors re...Read Moreabout: Update on AIR Activities to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -
Harper Reed on Being a Higher Ed Disruptor, Avoiding Ned Stark’s Fate
eAIR spoke with Technologist and Futurist Harper Reed to about what he considers to be a pivotal moment for higher education and how institutional researchers are uniquely positioned to serve as disruptors—th...Read Moreabout: Harper Reed on Being a Higher Ed Disruptor, Avoiding Ned Stark’s Fate -
Transformation, Data, and Shiny Objects: Moving Beyond Small Wins
eAIR spoke with Archie Cubarrubia, Deputy Director, Institutional Transformation, and Matt Crellin, Program Officer, Transformation, both with the U.S. Program, Postsecondary Success of the Bill & Melinda Gates Fou...Read Moreabout: Transformation, Data, and Shiny Objects: Moving Beyond Small Wins -
Two Recent Resources Provide National Higher Ed Insights
NCES Publishes Latest Digest of Education Statistics In February 2021, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) published the 2019 Digest of Education Statistics, which covers statistics about the 76.1 milli...Read Moreabout: Two Recent Resources Provide National Higher Ed Insights -
In Memoriam: Bill Knight
The AIR community is mourning the loss of a friend, mentor, and scholar. Bill Knight passed away April 7, 2021. Serving most recently as Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Miami University...Read Moreabout: In Memoriam: Bill Knight -
NCES Publishes SLDS Survey Analysis: Descriptive Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has published a report presenting aggregate summary statistics of Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) capacity based on state-level response to the 2018 SLDS sur...Read Moreabout: NCES Publishes SLDS Survey Analysis: Descriptive Statistics -
Walking Through an Enrollment Forecasting Example
A key development in higher education over the past several decades is the growth of institutional research offices that function under the core principles of explaining what is happening now and attempting to shed light...Read Moreabout: Walking Through an Enrollment Forecasting Example -
Be Part of the Solution: Antiracism in Institutional Research
Have you seen the University of Southern California’s (USC) Climate Committee charge for this academic year? Unless you work at USC, you probably haven’t, but it’s well worth a look. Broadly, the commi...Read Moreabout: Be Part of the Solution: Antiracism in Institutional Research