Survey of US Higher Education Faculty 2025, Use of AI Prompt Libraries

This study looks at how higher education faculty use artificial intelligence prompt libraries; the report furnishes data on who uses them, to what extent and through which sources. The report helps its readers to answer questions such as: which faculty use artificial intelligence prompt libraries? How many faculty have purchased prompts? From where? In which academic fields is AI prompt library use most important? How many and which faculty use departmental prompt libraries vs. those offered by academic libraries, institutional digital repositories, instructional design centers for faculty, professional or trade associations, private firms and other sources? The study provides specific data sets for AI prompt library use from many particular sources. Also, survey respondents reveal their level of satisfaction with current AI prompt sources.Just a few of this 86-page report’s many findings are that:12.7% of faculty at BA-level institutions have used an AI prompt libraryPolitically conservative faculty were nearly twice as likely as politically left or liberal faculty to have used an AI prompt library.Allied health faculty were the most likely to have ever purchased an AI prompt.Departmental prompt libraries are a leading source for exchange of AI prompts.Data is based on a survey of 660 higher education faculty broken out by numerous personal and institutional variables enabling readers to pinpoint differences in attitudes and policies towards AI by variables such as gender, ethnicity, academic field, academic title, college type, college size and many other characteristics. Read more