CHLOE 9 | Strategy Shift: Institutions Respond to Sustained Online Demand
Survey
Aug. 2024
Sample Size:
324
Demographics:
chief online officers
Topics:
Learning
Top Findings:
- Institutions are increasingly prioritizing the development of online versions of both on-campus courses (69%) and on-campus degrees (65%) in order to meet demand. In terms of their topmost priority, 43% of COLOs chose online versions of on-campus degrees (the majority of public four-year institutions identified this as their top priority), with online versions of on-campus courses selected as the top priority by 39%.
- Many institutions are investing more deeply in their online programs: 42% of COLOs reported at least some increase in their online learning budget.
- Only 35% of COLOs reported having AI-related policies; 40% reported that policies and guidelines related to AI were topics under discussion. 34% of COLOs reported that students are encouraged to engineer AI prompts in their classes, and 32% of COLOs say that AI as a topic is taught to students. Only 6% of COLOs said students are actively discouraged from using AI.
- In CHLOE 9, about a quarter of COLOs reported that their institution currently works with at least one OPM, an increase from the 18% who said the same in CHLOE 7 (2022).