Higher Education Transformation

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.

2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:19:08 Z

The 2026 EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Horizon Report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability concerns are reshaping instructional practice and institutional strategy.

The Impact of AI on Work in Higher Education

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:49:31 Z

In this research, we summarize work-related institutional AI strategies, policies, and guidelines; the risks, opportunities, and challenges associated with using AI for work in higher education; and specific examples of how staff and faculty use—and want to use—AI for work.

Horizon Reports

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:57:26 Z

The EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of higher education, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

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.

ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:07:10 Z

ARL and CNI have published the Deluxe Edition of the ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures. This publication is a critical asset for research libraries and organizations aiming to strategically plan for the transformative power of artificial intelligence.

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.

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Hybrid Learning

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:39:44 Z

This report draws on the insights of a small panel of higher education teaching and learning experts to describe an optimized future for hybrid learning, focusing on a 10-year timescale.

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

After the Pivot: Strategic Evolution of Online Education in the Research University

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:37:53 Z

This discussion paper was designed as a resource to assist academic leadership in Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions in evaluating strategic decisions related to the future role of online learning activities at their universities.

2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report^® | Teaching and Learning Edition

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:08:06 Z

The 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

Driving Digital Transformation in Higher Education

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:29:30 Z

This report sheds light on the status of digital transformation (Dx) across the higher education landscape and identifies the culture, workforce, and technology shifts that are driving Dx forward.at colleges and universities.

2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report^™ | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:50:43 Z

The Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape.

7 Things You Should Know About Digital Transformation

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:56:14 Z

The term “digital transformation” (Dx) encapsulates the seismic cultural, workforce, and technological shift under way as the diverse digital landscape influences—and changes—almost everything we do.

iPASS: Lessons From the Field

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:28:11 Z

This report distills guidance from iPASS grantees on how to move forward with a transformative technology-based planning and advising project, with a specific focus on advising transformation, faculty engagement and predictive analytics.

7 Things You Should Know About Startup/Accelerator/Entrepreneurship Centers

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:45:11 Z

Colleges and universities increasingly provide central convening spaces where innovation, learning, ideation, and business creation all converge. These centers typically include physical environments for co-working, often including offices, makerspaces, and lab facilities. Services might include access to conference facilities as well as free Wi-Fi and printing. These centers provide a fertile environment where many of higher education’s interests converge, and they can serve as both classroom and laboratory for the development of business and workplace skills.

Renewal and Progress: Strengthening Higher Education Leadership in a Time of Rapid Change

Tue, 16 May 2017 17:18:18 Z

A group of 35 current college and university presidents examine what will be needed to strengthen their role in the coming decades.

7 Things You Should Read About Change Management

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:16:46 Z

The pace and breadth of innovation require colleges and universities to take a thorough approach to modifying longstanding models and practices in higher education. The consequences of failed initiatives can be substantial, and otherwise well-laid plans can be undone if the human and cultural aspects of an organization are not adequately considered.