2025 Call for Proposals



Workshop and session proposals for the 52nd Annual SAIR Conference are now being accepted! Plan now to attend SAIR 2025 in Alexandria, VA, from September 27th-30th, and to contribute to its success by sharing your experience and expertise with our colleagues. We invite proposals addressing all areas relevant to institutional research, accreditation, assessment, and strategic planning, as well as proposals focused on community and two-year colleges, the impacts of new technology and innovative practices, or influences in leadership and management.

The 2025 Call for Proposals is now open: https://sair-app.smapply.us/prog/sair_2025_call_for_proposals/

The following session tracks will be offered:
  1. Accreditation, Assessment, and Evaluation: issues related to regional accreditors, such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the Higher Learning Commission, and other national and professional accreditors, including critical evaluation of student success and of administrative and academic support functions.
  2. Best Practices in Reporting: examples of designs that improve efficiencies or practices for producing reports including internal reporting, mandated external reporting, and survey data.
  3. Data Analytics and Visualization: effective uses of tools to represent data and communicate outcomes to stakeholders, including interactive dashboards and other dynamic reports.
  4. Leadership and Management: navigating leadership roles in higher education, especially within the areas of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, Assessment, and Accreditation.
  5. Policy and Decision Intelligence: effective and efficient collection of data to inform college and university decisions, data analyses, and dissemination to various stakeholders.
  6. Technology and Innovation: creative and innovative uses of technology, such as business analytics, to support and improve institutional research and effectiveness activities.
Please do not hesitate in contacting vp@sair.org if you have any questions about the proposal submission process. Thank you in advance for your important contribution to the success of our 2025 conference and our profession.

Important Dates:
For more information, please contact Wendy Broyles, Vice President and Conference Program Chair, at vp@sair.org.