Technology Selection

2026 EDUCAUSE Workforce Report: How Teams Are Adapting to AI, External Pressures, and Strategic Change

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:27:25 Z

The 2026 EDUCAUSE Workforce Report examines how higher education technology and data professionals are adapting to rapid change driven by artificial intelligence (AI), financial pressures, and shifting institutional priorities. It focuses on how teams—not just institutions—are absorbing and responding to these changes.

2025 EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study: Into the Digital AI Divide

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:58:09 Z

This report summarizes higher education’s experiences related to AI strategy and leadership, policies and guidelines, use cases, the higher education workforce, and the institutional digital divide.

Abstract: Third-Party Integrations: Governance and Process Guide

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:06:55 Z

EDUCAUSE convened a group of campus IT administrators and professionals to define a framework and generate a toolkit that institutions can use to develop a systematic process to evaluate and make decisions about allowing integrations or add-ons.

CourseGateway Digital Learning Tools

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:05:11 Z

CourseGateway (CGWY) was a 3-year partnership between EDUCAUSE and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It provided resources for faculty, instructional design teams, and administrators to discover, evaluate, select, and implement digital classroom tools.

2024 EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:07:24 Z

This report summarizes higher education’s experiences related to AI strategic planning and readiness, policies and procedures, workforce, and its future.

Machine Learning’s Growing Role in Research

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:57:47 Z

This study explores the practices IT departments are utilizing to support faculty and researchers at their institutions who are exploring how machine learning can improve their research.

Extending XR across Campus

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:50:08 Z

The HP/EDUCAUSE Campus of the Future project continues to be one of the most broadly comprehensive studies to date on the integration of 3D technologies into higher education. This third report examines the factors that influence institutional deployment of XR technologies.

Typology of Free Web-based Learning Technologies

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:37:54 Z

This paper presents the outcomes of a typological analysis of Web based learning technologies. This includes the most recent 2020 version.

Corporate Resources for COVID-19

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 21:53:01 Z

Many higher education corporate partners are responding to the needs of college campuses as they deal with the Coronavirus 19.

2018 Students and Technology Research Study

Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:50:27 Z

This hub provides findings from the 2018 student study in the EDUCAUSE Technology Research in the Academic Community research series.

7 Things You Should Know About Technology Procurement for Accessibility

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:20:10 Z

Policies concerning the procurement and acquisition of technology provide an opportunity for colleges and universities to increase the accessibility of the tools and services that students and faculty use.

7 Things You Should Know About Building Higher Ed Relationships

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:21:35 Z

Diverse perspectives on IT solutions and strategies are an integral part of the advancement of higher education. In this way, higher education institutions and corporations can learn a lot from each other.

Trend Watch 2017: Which IT Trends Is Higher Education Responding To?

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:30:10 Z

EDUCAUSE is in its third year of identifying the influence of major trends on the IT strategy of colleges and universities. This year’s list included 36 trends in the management and delivery of IT services, personal devices and personalized environments, data and analytics, teaching and learning, security and risk, and the Internet of Things

2017 Trends and Technologies: Infrastructure and Operations

Tue, 09 May 2017 15:58:27 Z

This report covers the 17 technologies and 11 trends included in the infrastructure and operations domain.

2017 Trends and Technologies: Teaching and Learning

Tue, 09 May 2017 16:12:13 Z

This report covers the 29 technologies and 10 trends included in the teaching and learning domain.

Learning Management Systems: A 2015 Enterprise Application Market Higher Education Report

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:18:22 Z

The 2015 Enterprise Application Market reports from the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) used 2015 data collected in the 2016 EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey to better understand how higher education institutions approach various information systems.

A Shift in Focus: Preparing for a Service-Centric Future

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:37:23 Z

Higher education thought leaders from information technology, business operations, and finance met in May 2016 to discuss the changing nature of higher education IT, the forces behind the changes, and how they can collaborate to prepare their colleges and universities for a future more focused on the provision of services than on the technology and applications behind those services.

Operationalizing the Cloud

Fri, 27 May 2016 15:42:36 Z

Operationalizing the Cloud, addresses cloud computing risks and how to operationalize the cloud. Most colleges and universities have moved at least some services to the cloud, while others have built out large-scale cloud environments. Ensuring that these services effectively align with an institution’s needs requires careful planning and ongoing management.

Accessibility Contract Language

Thu, 19 May 2016 16:34:33 Z

These documents include contract language used for CSU Accessibility Technology Initiative Requirement and an RFP used in determining product accessibility.

The Role(s) of Stakeholders in the Implementation of Advising Technology

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:17:58 Z

The Role(s) of Stakeholders in the Implementation of Advising Technology includes case studies from 12 exemplary institutions that use research that illuminate nine distinct “personas” that embody the various roles that key stakeholders play in the advising technology implementation process.