Georgia Association of Institutional Research, Planning, Assessment, and Quality (GAIRPAQ)

The Georgia Association of Institutional Research, Planning, Assessment, and Quality (GAIRPAQ) serves as a community for professionals dedicated to collecting, analyzing, and sharing the data that drives institutional research, planning, assessment, and quality improvement.

• To advance research and analysis leading to the improved understanding, planning, management, and operation of postsecondary educational institutions and agencies.
• To encourage the development and application of appropriate methodologies and techniques from many disciplines to further such research, analysis, and planning.
• To encourage the collection, interpretation, exchange, and dissemination of information with respect to postsecondary educational institutions and agencies.
• To further the professional development and training of individuals engaged in institutional researchand analysis or interested in its utilization in institutional planning, management, and resource allocation and in the improvement of postsecondary education.