Stay informed on how data impacts education and how researchers are using data to improve the delivery of higher education.
Data and Research: In the News
You Are a Data Person 
Dr. Amelia Parnell explains why nearly everyone in higher education can contribute to important conversations about data and analysis to help students and improve institutions.
Institutions' Use of Data and Analytics for Student Success
Association for Institutional Research (AIR) partnered with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and EDUCAUSE on a national survey to gain a better understanding of higher education’s use of data and analytics for student success and institutions’ readiness to expand the use of information across functional areas.
A New Vision for Institutional Research
Are data and reporting burdens a product of the prevailing structure of institutional research? Can a new model for institutional research (IR) address the real-world management needs of modern postsecondary education?
Revisionist History: Episode 1
For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges and universities in the United States. As a public service to our listeners, we hack the algorithm and discover the dirty little secret of the rankings game.
Revisionist History: Episode 2
A historically Black university in New Orleans is beloved by everyone — except the US News best college rankings. We hack our way back into the algorithm and show how Dillard University can rise to the top. Part two of a two-part series.