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Emerging Trends and Best Practices for Collecting Information on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Dear eAIR: What are the emerging trends and best practices for collecting information on gender identity and sexual orientation? First and foremost, trends and best practices should be considered in the context of your c...Read Moreabout: Emerging Trends and Best Practices for Collecting Information on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation -
Come on and Zoom! 15 Time- and Reputation-Saving Zoom Hacks
“I have a Zoom call at 3, so make sure you only enter my office if it is an emergency AND you are fully dressed.” A little less than a year ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, when people were talking a...Read Moreabout: Come on and Zoom! 15 Time- and Reputation-Saving Zoom Hacks -
Diversity of Institution Respondents
IR Offices and U.S. institutions comes in all sizes and types, so finding relevant benchmarking data on IR Offices can be challenging. In the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, there were 543 U.S. IR Offices who com...Read Moreabout: Diversity of Institution Respondents -
IPEDS TRP Summary Open for Comment
Suggestions from IPEDS Technical Review Panel #62, “Capturing Noncredit Enrollment and Activity in the IPEDS Surveys” are posted at edsurveys.rti.org/IPEDS_TRP and are currently open for comment. This...Read Moreabout: IPEDS TRP Summary Open for Comment -
Reminders about Reporting of CARES Act Aid in IPEDS
As a reminder, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provided federal funds to many postsecondary institutions during the 2019-20 academic year. These funds need to be reported to IPEDS in th...Read Moreabout: Reminders about Reporting of CARES Act Aid in IPEDS -
IPEDS Distance Education Resource Page Launched
A Distance Education Resource page has been added to the IPEDS website. The page explains how distance education is defined in IPEDS, which survey components collect data on distance education courses and programs, and h...Read Moreabout: IPEDS Distance Education Resource Page Launched -
IR's Role in Supporting Regional Economies: Interview with Arizona Commerce Authority Official
Amid the ongoing pandemic and the associated economic impacts, higher education has a key role supporting our regional economies. To hear some perspectives on how institutional research can help, we connected with Shawn ...Read Moreabout: IR's Role in Supporting Regional Economies: Interview with Arizona Commerce Authority Official -
Facilities & Operations Performance Management
In 2008, American University in Cairo (AUC) moved its main operations from downtown to New Cairo. With a beautiful campus designed to accommodate 5,500 full-time students and 1,500 faculty and staff, AUC’s $400 mil...Read Moreabout: Facilities & Operations Performance Management -
‘Tis the Season of Gratitude
On behalf of the AIR Board of Directors, I would like to express our gratitude to the AIR community and all you do to promote the success of our institutions, our students, and higher education. During these unprecedente...Read Moreabout: ‘Tis the Season of Gratitude -
Combining Data from Multiple Sources Using R
Gathering the Data A common request of our institutional research office is to combine data from multiple sources and varying formats. For example, we keep our demographic and academic information about our students in a...Read Moreabout: Combining Data from Multiple Sources Using R