In February 2024, EDUCAUSE published the 2024 EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study. That report summarizes the higher education community's sentiments and experiences related to strategic planning and readiness, policies and procedures, workforce, and the future of AI in higher education. In this breakout report, we provide a closer look at higher education professionals' sentiments toward their institution's strategic planning and readiness, examining similarities and differences based on respondent position and areas of responsibility. By understanding areas of consensus and divergence, institutional leaders can better decide how to involve stakeholders in AI planning and initiatives and determine what targeted communication and collaborative efforts may be needed as part of this.

Overall, respondents' sentiments toward their institution's strategic planning and readiness were more similar across position and areas of responsibilities than they were different. However, some key differences emerged:

• Executive-level respondents were far more likely than respondents at other position levels to express the strategic and mission-critical value of AI technologies.
• Respondents with AI-related responsibilities gave more positive assessments of their institution's current AI-related practices and capabilities.
• Executive-level respondents and respondents with AI-related responsibilities were more aware of and certain about AI strategy, planning, and readiness at their institution.
• Respondents for the most part were less certain about AI strategy in areas outside their primary responsibilities.