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The CHLOE project examines the changing landscape of postsecondary online learning in the United States. As online learning becomes a core institutional function, CHLOE tracks how colleges and universities are organizing, supporting, and improving online education at scale.
CHLOE is distinctive because it gathers insight from each participating institution's Chief Online Learning Officer, or COLO. At institutions without a formal COLO title, CHLOE seeks input from the senior-most leader responsible for online learning strategy, operations, and support. This perspective offers a unique vantage point on how online learning is structured, resourced, governed, and connected to broader institutional goals.
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CHLOE 11 will continue to measure the way online learning reshapes the face of higher education in the future by surveying those managing this shift.
The CHLOE 10 Report
CHLOE 10 | Meeting the Moment: Navigating Growth, Competition, and AI in Online Higher Education
Online learning continues to reshape higher education; however, the 2025 report reveals that institutions are struggling to keep up. Facing a surge in interest, increased competition, impacts from AI, and a lack of institutional preparedness, the chief online learning officers (COLOs) surveyed for the report share the stark disconnect between growing student expectations and institutional preparedness.
Major takeaways from the tenth survey of U.S. COLOs on how their two- and four-year schools are managing online learning include:
- Online learning demand continues surging with 74% of COLOs reporting increased graduate student demand, 66% seeing growth in adult undergraduate interest, and 60% noting rises in traditional-age students. The takeaway is clear: students increasingly expect flexible learning options to fit education into the tapestry of work, family and financial realities.
- Investment in nondegree offerings, such as certificates, micro-credentials, and bootcamps is surging with 65% of COLOs reporting some or major investment in these programs, more than doubling from 29% in 2018-19, with community colleges leading this trend and positioning nondegree pathways as cornerstones of their online strategies.
- While only 35% of COLOs consider AI very or extremely important today, 72% expect it to be within two years. At the same time, institutional AI strategy remains fragmented with just two-thirds working on strategies and 9% having no plan at all. Meanwhile, the digital divide persists as a barrier, with 21% of COLOs reporting it affects many students and 57% noting uneven AI tool access impacts learners.
