UW Information Technology engages in peer benchmarking through the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service. EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association with the mission of advancing higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology, conducts an annual survey with participation from more than 800 higher education institutions. This section shows key peer comparisons from the 2011 and 2012 EDUCAUSE surveys.
Note: This information will be updated once 2013 EDUCAUSE data becomes available.
The following tables represent data from the October 2011 and 2012 EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Almanac Doctorate/Research Institutions (DR EXT and DR INT) reports.* The tables also show UW-IT-specific information based upon UW-IT’s responses to the 2011 and 2012 surveys.
The EDUCAUSE Doctoral/Research (EDUCAUSE DR) report provides data from the doctorate/research institutions that responded to the 2011 and 2012 surveys and reflects data from FY 2010 and FY 2011. The EDUCAUSE Doctoral/Research institution statistics are either an estimated proportion of the population or an estimated median (rather than a mean).
Area |
EDUCAUSE DR 2011 |
UW 2011 |
EDUCAUSE DR 2012 |
UW-IT 2012 |
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Total central IT funding as percentage of institutional budget | 3% | 2.2% | 4% | 2.3% |
Total central IT funding per institutional FTE (faculty and staff) | $4,713 | $4,336 | $5,004 | $4,752 |
Total central IT funding per institutional FTE (students, faculty and staff) | $981 | $1,276 | $985 | $1,397 |
Area |
EDUCAUSE DR 2011 |
UW 2011 |
EDUCAUSE DR 2012 |
UW-IT 2012 |
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Central IT staff as a percentage of total institutional IT staff | 63% | 34% | 63% | 34% |
Central IT staff as a percentage of total institutional staff FTEs | 2.4% | 4% | 2.4% |
Learning Technologies most commonly deployed | |||
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2011 Data |
2012 Data |
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60% | Document management tools (UW-Broadly) | 68% | Distance learning: Local students and remote instructor (UW-Broadly) |
45% | Hybrid courses (UW- Broadly) | 66% | Simulation (UW - Sparsely) |
35% | Collaboration tools (UW- Broadly) | 64% | Document management tools (UW- Broadly) |
34% | Interactive learning (UW- Sparsely) | 64% | Twitter (UW- Sparsely) |
33% | Distance Learning: local instructor and remote students (UW- Sparsely) | 58% | Blogs (UW- Sparsely) |
Learning Technologies most commonly being considered, planned, or sparsely deployed | |||
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2011 Data |
2012 Data |
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85% | Simulation (UW- Sparsely) | 39% | E-books (UW- Sparsely) |
84% | E-textbooks (UW- Sparsely) | 39% | E-textbooks (UW- Sparsely) |
84% | Twitter (UW- Sparsely) | 38% | Open content (UW- Sparsely) |
78% | Distance learning: remote instructor and local students (UW- Sparsely) | 33% | E-portfolios (UW- Broadly) |
77% | Tie: E-books, (UW- Experimenting) Facebook (UW- Sparsely) |
32% | Gaming (UW- Sparsely) |
Area |
EDUCAUSE DR 2011 |
UW-IT 2011 |
EDUCAUSE DR 2012 |
UW-IT 2012 |
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Servers that are virtualized | 40% | 30% | 47% | 35% |
Data center occupancy | 65% | 57% |
Area |
EDUCAUSE DR 2011 |
UW-IT 2011 |
EDUCAUSE DR 2012 |
UW-IT 2012 |
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Institutional FTEs (faculty and staff) per information security staff | 1,020 | 907 | 948 | 1,143 |
Institutional FTEs (students, faculty, and staff) per information security staff | 4,992 | 3,083 | 4,553 | 3887 |
*EDUCAUSE uses the 2000 Carnegie Classification, with DR EXT referring to Doctoral/Research Universities–Extensive, and DR INT referring to Doctoral/Research Universities–Intensive.