Following up on my last post, here are stats specifically for small schools (under 5,000 students, n=45). Stats for larger schools to come.
How centralized is the production and maintenance of the web at your school?
- 1 (very centralized): 31%
- 2: 13%
- 3: 24%
- 4: 24%
- 5 (very decentralized): 7%
The group that does *the majority* of your institution’s web work is part of:
- Marketing/Communications/PR: 62%
- IT: 20%
- Some combination of the above or other: 18%
How many people work for that web group?
- 1: 27%
- 2-5: 67%
- 5-10: 7%
- Over 10: 0%
Are you a part of that web group?
- Yes: 96%
- No: 4%
What kind of tasks does that web group perform?
- Information Architecture 100%
- Website Development 91%
- Visual Design 82%
- Content Strategy and/or Production 80%
- Social Media Management 62%
- Application Development 51%
- Server Administration 40%
- Other 4%
To whom does the head of the web group report?
- VP or Dean: 31%
- President or equivalent: 20%
- Other: 20%
- CIO: 18%
- Assistant VP or Assistant Dean: 13%
- CTO: 0%
Does the group that you identified as performing the majority of web work at your institution charge other departments at the institution for its services? (n=13)
- No: 85%
- Sometimes/It depends: 8%
- Yes: 8%