IT Organizational Chart Audit
EAB experts will assess your institution’s central IT organizational chart against peer institutions and industry best practices to help you identify team structure and staffing opportunities.
Amid rising AI expectations and cost pressures, higher ed institutions are increasingly relying on information technology (IT) departments to support institutional priorities. However, IT has long been positioned as a utility rather than a strategic partner—and that is reflected in historical team structures and staffing.
Today, chief information officers (CIOs) must reevaluate and redesign their IT organizations to serve as strategic, agile partners that can usher their institutions into a tech-enabled future.
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Still, while 43% of presidents rank digital transformation as a top priority, only 16% of IT leaders say IT staffing meets needs, and 42% of institutions expect IT budget cuts in 2025–26.
Introducing EAB’s IT Organizational Chart Audit
The IT Organizational Chart Audit is a custom report provided by EAB experts that will assess your institution’s central IT organizational chart against peers and industry best practices to help you identify team structure and staffing opportunities.
What we’ll assess
EAB will review your institution’s IT org chart to benchmark the following elements:
- Core and emerging IT functions (e.g., AI)
- Ratio of central IT staff to institutional staff
- Ratio of central IT staff to students
Ready to optimize your team structure?
The IT Org Chart Audit is available to all IT Strategy Advisory Services partners. To request this audit for your institution, email your organizational chart to [email protected] or log in and fill out the form below. Your Research Strategic Leader will follow up to confirm receipt and outline next steps.
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