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EDUCAUSE researchers produce reports and other publications that summarize and analyze the annual CDS survey data.

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2012 CDS Executive Summary Report

Published in January 2013, the summary report provides a brief, high-level summary of some of the most pertinent and interesting findings from the CDS 2012 survey, including trending data from a matched set of CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions.

View previous summary reports.


CDS Almanacs

These two-page, easy-to-scan summaries distill CDS data in a variety of categories. View 2011 almanacs for a year-to-year comparison.


Please note: Revisions have been made to two tables in the Educational Technology section of all almanacs, "Learning Technologies Most Commonly Deployed" and "Most Common Capabilities in Centrally Scheduled Classrooms." Corrected versions were posted January 9, 2013.


Presentation Slides

Download slides from the EDUCAUSE 2012 "Core Data Service 2012 Results" session by clicking on the "Resources" tab in the session abstract.


ECAR Research on CDS (for ECAR subscribers only)

EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research analysts distill CDS survey data findings into research publications that are accessible to ECAR subscribers only. View all CDS-based research.

 

CDS 2012 KEY FINDINGS

  • Major change from FY 2009/10 to FY 2010/11: 50% of institutions experienced an increase in central IT funding.
  • Major changes from FY 2010/11 to FY 2011/12:
    • Compensation was budgeted to increase for 72% of institutions.
    • 51% of community colleges experienced decreases in central IT staffing levels.
  • In FY 2011/12, an additional 7% of institutions began outsourcing their LMS; at those institutions, information systems staff decreased by 17%.

 

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