EDUCAUSE’s wealth of resources for Institutional and IT leaders and managers focus on the environment in which IT leadership takes place, the planning and organizational skills needed to provide institutional leadership, and the individual characteristics required to develop and sustain a career in IT leadership. We encourage you to explore these pages to find articles, conference presentations, effective practices, and relevant communities to support your information needs. EDUCAUSE members contribute much of what you will find here. We invite you to submit your work to further enrich the IT management and leadership area.

If you are looking for specific leadership development opportunities, check out the EDUCAUSE Institutes, which offer several programs to enhance your success as a current or future IT manager and leader.

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  • The IT Leadership Workforce in Higher Education, 2024

    The IT Leadership Workforce in Higher Education, 2024

    This report aims to map the current contours of the higher education IT and technology leader workforce, understand its current challenges and opportunities, and reflect on what it all might mean for building a stronger workforce and, ultimately, a stronger higher education for the future.
  • The CREATIVE Leaders We Need: A Perspective from Women in IT

    The CREATIVE Leaders We Need: A Perspective from Women in IT

    To successfully navigate today's ever-changing environment while attracting and retaining the best employees, higher education leaders must be curious, resilient, empathetic, authentic, thoughtful, inclusive, vulnerable, and emotionally intelligent.

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