{"id":3635,"date":"2025-07-15T13:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/?page_id=3635"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:10:02","slug":"2026-call-for-participation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/conferences\/2026-tair-conference\/2026-call-for-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Call for Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\"><strong>2026 TAIR Annual Conference<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>February 24\u201327, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background: #0073aa; color: white; border-radius: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/cfp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposal Submission Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The deadline for submitting proposals is October 17, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"1104\">TAIR is a space for Institutional Research professionals to share insights, sharpen presentation skills, and connect with colleagues across the state. We invite you to submit a proposal for the <strong data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1073\">2026 TAIR Annual Conference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1339\">Proposals can cover a wide range of topics\u2014tools, methods, challenges, innovations, and practical strategies in IR and Effectiveness. Whether you&#8217;re new to the field or a seasoned presenter, we welcome your voice and perspective.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Session Tracks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Operations &amp; Leadership &#8211; <\/strong>Focuses on the organization and management of Institutional Research offices and functions. Sample topics include tracking requests, organizing and archiving past studies, staffing, resources, and relationships with other operational areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plan &amp; Evaluate &#8211; <\/strong>Includes implementing assessment programs, goal setting and measuring, novel assessment ideas, accreditation topics, and program review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collect, Analyze, Interpret &amp; Report &#8211; <\/strong>Emphasis is on tools, methods, and sources used for internal\/external reporting, dashboards, and decision support systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stewards of Data &amp; Information &#8211; <\/strong>Deals with issues related to data accuracy, integrity, security, and institutional data strategy; data warehousing; decision support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educate Information Producers, Users, &amp; Consumers &#8211; <\/strong>Demonstrates ways of training on the use of data and information to inform decision-making and includes a discussion of ways to collaborate with other stakeholder groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Issues &amp; Research in Higher Education &#8211; <\/strong>Provides details on contemporary topics and research within higher education.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Session Formats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaker Session<\/strong> \u2013 A 45-minute session with one or more presenters, including a Question and Answer segment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Session<\/strong> \u2013 A 45-minute, moderated session focusing on audience input and participation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel Session<\/strong> \u2013 A 45-minute, moderated discussion with two to four panelists, each offering a unique viewpoint or perspective on a topic or issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop<\/strong> \u2013 A three- or six-hour, hands-on session by one or more workshop leaders designed to provide attendees with a new skill or application of knowledge.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you are on the fence about presenting or unsure what format works best for your topic, please contact Jessica Pamplin or Emily Rhodes.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"353\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Jessica Pamplin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">University of North Texas<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"mailto:jessica.pamplin@unt.edu\">jessica.pamplin@unt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"353\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Emily Rhodes<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">University of Texas Health Science Center \u2013 San Antonio<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:rhodese3@uthscsa.edu\">rhodese3@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 TAIR Annual Conference February 24\u201327, 2026 &nbsp; Proposal Submission Form &nbsp; The deadline for submitting proposals is October 17, 2025. TAIR is a space for Institutional Research professionals to&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/conferences\/2026-tair-conference\/2026-call-for-participation\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026 Call for Participation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3542,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3635","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3638,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3635\/revisions\/3638"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}