2025 Survey of College and University Presidents
Learn about presidents’ takes on topics such as financial confidence, the 2024 election’s impact on higher ed & more.
Inside Higher Ed’s 2025 Survey of College and University Presidents was conducted by Hanover Research. The survey asked presidents from 298 public and private, largely nonprofit two- and four-year institutions timely questions on the following issues:
- General financial and economic confidence, plus mergers and acquisitions
- Politics, policy and the 2024 election’s impact on higher education
- Public perceptions of higher ed and the value of a degree
- Campus speech
- Race on campus
- Artificial intelligence
- Environmental sustainability goals
- Campus health and wellness, including student mental health
- Management, governance and the hardest part about being a president