These are the top Higher Education CIO Emerging Priorities based on a worldwide survey of higher education CIOs and directors of technology.

1. 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 Offer eduroam on Your Campus?
Do You Offer
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 2015
Infrastructure
Security
Mobility
App Deployment
Cloud
Planning/Strategy
Student 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 Used
Planning to Use
in Future
No Plans to
Use it
Does Your School Make Use of Online Teaching?
Percent of Courses Offered 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%
Business
Planning
+35%
Training
+25%
Curriculum
Development
Social
Media
+20%