There is no clearly prevalent model for staffing of instructional technology areas. The only universal observation that can be made is that there is not enough trained staff to support the instructional technology enterprise. Of those who do, less than two-thirds have Internet access. But even these averages overstate campus-specific realities, and disparities abound. Clearly, a CUNY faculty member's access to networked computers, like those of the students she teaches, will vary with her college and her departmental affiliation.
Paper remains the medium of choice for almost all intra-campus correspondence.
The majority of campuses do not have campus-wide data networks. Of those that do, barely half are connected to anywhere off their own campus. Faculty Training and Support Most responding campuses offer some kind of technology training for faculty. Participation is voluntary in what are typically brief, one-session workshops. At one or two campuses, however, extensive, year-long initiatives on integrating World Wide Web content into core curricula are under way.