Inside Higher Ed surveyed 376 provosts on AI use and funding. Seven in ten provosts use AI weekly in their own work. Only one in ten institutions has a centralized AI strategy. Provosts mainly use AI for summarizing documents and drafting communications. Half of provosts report federal funding declines under the current administration. Forty-two percent saw cuts of five to ten percent. Twenty-four percent saw cuts over ten percent. Only three percent reported any funding increase. Most provosts see AI’s impact on higher ed as neutral. Fewer than half feel they have adequate resources for their role.

• 71% of provosts use AI weekly
• 10% have a centralized AI strategy
• 376 provosts surveyed, ±4.7 points
• 50% report federal funding decline