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Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor
While I primarily use Microsoft Excel’s Power Query Editor to put together a complicated table or report in a short period of time, I’ve learned that you can also use it to explore any data set. Here are the ...Read Moreabout: Exploring Data Using Excel’s Power Query Editor -
Improving Transparency With Applicant Public Access Portals
The Chilean Ministry of Education, through the Sub-secretariat for Higher Education, has instructed the universities to set up public access portals for applicants as a way to improve transparency in information and the ...Read Moreabout: Improving Transparency With Applicant Public Access Portals -
Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships
From the 2018 AIR National Survey of IR Offices, we learned that most IR offices in U.S. postsecondary institutions report to either the President/Chief Executive Officer or the Provost/Chief Academic Officer; the remain...Read Moreabout: Changes to IR Office Reporting Relationships -
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
I cherish the opportunity to meet up with our IR colleagues at the AIR Forum every year. Who would have known at last year’s AIR Forum in Denver that we would not meet again this year in New Orleans? Although the c...Read Moreabout: Looking Back, Looking Ahead -
Online Learning Provides Opportunity for Institutional Growth
eAIR caught up with Lee D. Lambert, J.D., Chancellor of Pima Community College, to talk about online learning, how COVID-19 has impacted of data use, automation and AI, and what enrollment may look like this fall. eAIR: ...Read Moreabout: Online Learning Provides Opportunity for Institutional Growth
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