These are the top Higher Education CIO Emerging Priorities based on a

worldwide survey of higher education CIOs and directors of technology.

WHAT’S KEEPING HIGHER EDUCATION CIOS

UP AT NIGHT?

39%61%

78% North America

10% Latin America

10% Europe, Middle East, Africa

2% Asia Pacific

Survey Participants Demographics

How important is the Internet of Things to your planning?

Top Concerns Consuming Measurable IT Resources

Role of Network Analytics at Higher Ed Institution

Do You O�er eduroam on Your Campus?

Do You O�er Competency-Based

Courses at Your School?

How Do You Expect the Flipped Classroom Model and Usage of Video to Change at Your School in the Future??

Top Strategic Priorities for 2015Infrastructure

SecurityMobility

App DeploymentCloud

Planning/StrategyStudent Retention

UX

Cost

5%Not Important

19%Strategic

Priority

23%Will Address

Later

35% Part of BYOD Planning

47% Part of Normal Planning Process

Possibility of Network Breach

71%

Running out of Bandwidth

53%

User-Generated Wi-Fi

Interference

36%Shadow IT and

Rogue IT

31%

67%

Manage User Experience on the Network

67%

Capacity Planning

33%

Insight into Student Success

9%

No Plans to Use Network Analytics

NO69% YES31%

27%Not Sure

14%No

36%Yes

24%We are planning to in the future

3% Remain the Same

0% Will Diminish

73%

77% Moderate Growth

20% Rapid Growth

Moderately UsedPlanning to Use

in Future No Plans to Use it

Does Your School Make Use of Online Teaching?

Percent of Courses O�ered Online

IT Department’s Involvement with Online Courses

How Much Personal Involvement Do You Have in These Areas, and How is Your Role Changing?

11% 14%2%

Very Heavily Used

<10%

45%

51 – 75%

5%

76 – 100%

3%

10 – 25%

38%

25 – 50%

10%

Provide some or all of the technology involved in the online courses

Advise in the creation of online content

Advise on technology for online courses

Level of Involvement

No involvement

68%

59%

30%

16%

Small

Medium

Large

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Fund Raising

Overall School

Strategy

+5%+5%

+35%

Budgeting

+30%

BusinessPlanning

+35%

Training

+25%

CurriculumDevelopment

Social Media

+20%