Improving Skills and Capabilities in the Conduct of Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions

机构研究协会(AIR)建议延续一项为期两年的计划，该计划提高了高等教育社区利用全国抽样调查和其他NSF和NCES数据集的能力，从而提高了支持高等教育决策的信息质量，并提高了这些决策的质量。拟议的方案有四个组成部分：1)支持新的研究举措；2)支持研究成果的传播；3)提供使用国家数据库的面对面培训；4)提供媒体支持的培训，使用国家数据库通过网络传播。这些组成部分针对的是博士生、中学后教师和研究高等教育(包括科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)趋势)的机构研究人员，以及在比较研究和大学决策支持中使用国家数据的机构研究人员。

The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) proposes a two-year continuation of a program that has increased the capacity of the postsecondary education community to utilize national sample surveys and other NSF and NCES data sets, thereby improving the quality of information underlying decision making in postsecondary education, and the quality of' those decisions. The proposed program has four components that will 1) support new research initiatives, 2) support dissemination of findings, 3) provide face-to-face training in the use of national databases, and 4) produce media-supported training in the use of national databases for dissemination via the Web. These components are targeted to doctoral students, postsecondary faculty, and institutional researchers who study higher education including trends in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and institutional researchers who use national data in comparative studies and decision support at colleges and universities.