News and updates related to research initiatives.
By Erin Patchett, Assistant Director of Facilities and Aquatics at Colorado State University
The NIRSA Research and Assessment Committee is currently accepting applications for the streamlined NIRSA Research Grant Program. The new format was launched at the 2016 Annual Conference and features two grant awards of $10,000 and $2,000 each. Both awards are […]
By Nicole Olmeda, Senior Assistant Director at The University of Texas at Austin and Alice Kersting
Since the NIRSA Institutional Data Set opened on its new and improved platform for data collection in February, over 430 professional members from over 200 institutions have accessed the platform or started entering their data! With such a robust […]
By Nicole Olmeda, Senior Assistant Director at The University of Texas at Austin and Alice Kersting, NIRSA Special Projects Coordinator
The new NIRSA Institutional Data Set is finally open for data collection! Professional members will soon be invited via an electronic mailing to log into the platform through the NIRSA website and begin entering their […]
By Megan Granholm
NIRSA continues to support its institutional members—and to advocate for the field of collegiate recreation—by providing credible evidence documenting the value of campus recreational sports, activities, facilities, programs and services to students attending colleges or universities. For example, an estimated 8.1 million students are served by NIRSA member professionals every year—and 80% of […]
By Nicole Olmeda, Senior Assistant Director at The University of Texas at Austin and Alice Kersting, NIRSA Special Projects Coordinator
Thanks to generous support from donors to the NIRSA Foundation, the NIRSA Institutional Data Set is well on its way to transitioning to a new and improved platform hosted by Dynamic Benchmarking! Now […]
By Nicole Olmeda, Senior Assistant Director at The University of Texas at Austin and Alice Kersting, NIRSA Special Projects Coordinator
With the generous support of donors to the NIRSA Foundation, the NIRSA Institutional Data Set is being overhauled and moved to a new online platform. The new platform will be hosted by Dynamic […]
By Aaron Kroth, Assistant Director for Facility Operations – Aquatics at The University of Texas at Austin and Alice Kersting, NIRSA Special Projects Coordinator
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By Aaron Kroth, Assistant Director for Facility Operations – Aquatics at The University of Texas at Austin and Sean Basso, Assistant Director of Programming, Education, and Evaluation at The University of Tennessee
In an effort to keep up with trends in the field of collegiate recreation, we are collecting information regarding current and future […]
The 2015 NIRSA Salary Survey represents thousands of salaries in the collegiate recreation field compared by numerous factors, including: position, university size, department size, average staff size, composition relative to enrollment, and operating budget. The results of this valuable report were released this past summer; the report is available to all […]
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) was founded in 1979. It is a consortium of 41 professional associations providing standards and guidelines for 44 functional areas affiliated with student service, student affairs, and student-development programs. As explained by the 2015 Council for the Advancement of Standards, the CAS […]
