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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 -
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
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