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FHI 360 Conference Center, Washington, DC Institutional research was featured on the national stage at the recent IR Summit in Washington, DC. On March 9, 2016, the Association for Institutional Research invited 70 posts...

In which division is your Office of IR primarily located? We find that 77% of public or private, not-for-profit institutions are located within the Provost/Chief Academic Officer division (51%) or in the President/CEO di...

Net Price Calculators are available on a college’s or university’s website and allow prospective students to enter information about themselves to find out what students similar to them paid to attend the ins...

Learn how to make Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, and absolute/relative formula references work harder. I’m sure we’ve all been faced with the need to create a quick analysis/fishing expedition of some sort, and the ...

In the May 2016 Data Bite, we explored the average FTE of the IR Office (Director and Professional IR Staff only) for not-for-profit institutions. Commenters were interested in delving into the staff FTE for small i...

The AIR offices in Tallahassee were hit by lightning on Saturday, June 11, resulting in a fire that caused significant damage to the building. No one was in the building or hurt. We are currently in the process of setti...

Change is an inevitable part of any organization, and AIR is certainly not immune. Last week, AIR members received notice from the AIR Board or Directors that longtime AIR Executive Director Randy Swing resigned his posi...

As president of the Board of Directors for the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), I am writing to inform AIR members that the Board of Directors and Randy Swing were unable to agree on terms for a 2016 contrac...