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Using Self-service Data to Inform Decision Making
Dear Ron: We are implementing efforts to better push self-service data to our users. Do you have tips or advice on how they might use the data to inform decision making? I’m glad you asked! That is a question that ...Read Moreabout: Using Self-service Data to Inform Decision Making -
Using the Listagg Function in SQL
Our institutional research analysts frequently extract data and modify the structure of data using SQL to suit the needs of data consumers or to ease analysis. Often, we need to aggregate tables containing multiple rows ...Read Moreabout: Using the Listagg Function in SQL -
Digital Fact Book: From Data to Storytelling
Each year, most Institutional Research (IR) offices publish a Fact Book containing all the facts and figures pertaining to their institutions for distribution to board members, the leadership team, faculty, staff, and st...Read Moreabout: Digital Fact Book: From Data to Storytelling -
Skills IR Professionals Need to Succeed
Today’s IR professionals need everything from an ability to interpret data to an understanding of how others think. This article focuses on the second part of the Impact Session from the 2019 AIR Forum, An Exp...Read Moreabout: Skills IR Professionals Need to Succeed -
Colleague News
Jeff Seybert, a longtime AIR member, passed away on June 19. Jeff was a giant in the field of institutional research, especially as it affected community colleges. He was a past recipient of the John Stecklein Distinguis...Read Moreabout: Colleague News
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