Enhance your career at the 50th Annual AIR Forum

You are invited to the 2010 AIR Forum, Charting our Future in Higher Education, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, the same city where the very first Forum was held 50 years ago.  The 2010 Forum is an ideal time to reflect with colleagues on the history of institutional research and our role in improving higher education for the future.

We are especially excited about a series of White Paper Discussion Groups that will meet on Sunday afternoon to discuss new directions in institutional research and how AIR can promote exchange of scholarship and knowledge between institutional researchers from all types of backgrounds. See the Educational Opportunities page for more information about the White Paper Discussion Groups and how to nominate yourself or a colleague to participate. 

We are also introducing a new feature that allows you to spend a full afternoon focused on one of five special topics. Learn more about the Targeted Affinity Groups, or TAGs, on the Educational Opportunities page.

We are proud to announce our plenary speakers, William G. Bowen and Jamie Merisotis, and look forward to their presentations. Dr. Bowen’s important new book, Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities, looks at college drop-out rates and the linkage to race, gender, and socio-economic status. Mr. Merisotis, president and CEO of Lumina Foundation for Education, is a veteran policy and research organization leader known for his innovative, out-of-the-box thinking.

Most of all, we are looking forward to seeing you! The 2010 Forum is a time to celebrate 50 years of coming together to share ideas and practices, and to plan for the next 50. Join us as we chart our future in higher education.

Sincerely,

Forum Chair Julie Carpenter-Hubin Director of Institutional Research and Planning The Ohio State University E-mail: carpenter-hubin.16@osu.edu Phone: 614-292-5915

Associate Forum Chair Debbie Dailey Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness Washington & Lee University E-mail: ddailey@wlu.edu Phone: 540-458-8316