"The share of faculty teaching online has also grown; in 2018-19, 34 percent of faculty said they taught at least one course online. In 2024-25, 48 percent of respondents said they teach online, a re-leveling with modest growth since the pandemic high of 71 percent. In the 2024-25 survey, 35 percent of faculty said they taught in more than one modality."
""It used to be, especially pre-pandemic, you had your digital teacher, like, they're the ones in charge of remote [teaching]," Seaman said. "Now it's much more common for professors to have one class remote, one class in person. That's especially true at the community college level." Course materials, similarly, are more likely to be online now than they were in 2018. Nearly 30 percent of faculty require digital-only textbooks, compared to 10 percent who require print-only materials-down from 19 percent in 2021-22."
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted rapid digitization of higher education, online courses and digital course materials remain widespread. Face-to-face remains the most common teaching modality, but 72 percent of faculty reported teaching at least one fully face-to-face course in 2024-25, down from 96 percent in 2018-19 and 75 percent in 2023-24. Online teaching rose from 34 percent in 2018-19 to 48 percent in 2024-25, after peaking at 71 percent during the pandemic. Thirty-five percent of faculty taught in more than one modality in 2024-25, with multi-modality especially common at community colleges. Nearly 30 percent of faculty require digital-only textbooks while 10 percent require print-only, down from 19 percent in 2021-22. Pandemic effects, growth in nontraditional student populations, and new technology tools are driving the shift.
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