AIRUM Webinars and Resources for Addressing COVID-19As we all adapt to the myriad changes the pandemic has brought to our personal and professional lives, AIRUM is working on providing support and keeping our community connected. Spring/Summer 2020 WebinarsAIRUM presented a series of webinars in April and May to support members and their institutions as they moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to our webinar presenters. Panelists Meredith Fergus (Minnesota Office of Higher Education), Kristin McKinley (Lawrence University), Jennifer Pearson Hennen (Anoka-Ramsey Community College & Anoka Technical College), and Laura Fingerson (Strategic Education, Inc.) launched our webinar series on April 21st with a discussion of "IR/IE Fundamentals in a Time of Rapid Change," fielding your questions in this interactive session and discussing strategies for balancing uncertainties with solid IR practices. On May 7th Nichole Petersen (Century College) presented her AIRUM 2019 Best Presentation winner, "The Pivotal Role of Institutional Research and Meeting HLC Criteria 4.B.," discussing how to build a sustainable culture of assessment within an institution's co-curricular offices attuned to meeting accreditation criteria, with lessons learned and suggestions for how IR professionals can fit into and sustain this work over the long term. On May 19th, Drew Thiemann, the Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Bellarmine University, and James Cousins, Analyst Manager at Rapid Insight, presented "Recasting IR's Role as an Institutional Effectiveness Consultancy: One University's Case Study," illustrating how Bellarmine University's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness crafted and implemented a strategy for data democratization, adopted innovative practices to support this plan, and raised the office's visibility as a decision-support and institutional effectiveness consultancy for stakeholders across the institution. Recordings of these sessions are available in our members section. Organizational Resources for Addressing COVID-19The following organizations have provided useful resources for IR/IE professionals during the pandemic. If you know of helpful professional resources to add to this list, please submit them with this form and we will update this page. Resource submission form: https://forms.gle/i6dzXjrSQgcYXd4o9 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Council for Higher Education Accreditation EDUCAUSE Higher Learning Commission National Association of College and University Business Officers National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities National Association of Student Personnel Administrations The Society for College and University Planning WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technology (WCET) |
