Strategic Planning

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.

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.

Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:07:42 Z

The Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment is designed to provide a sense of your institution’s preparedness for strategic AI initiatives.

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.

2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:18:35 Z

The 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study summarizes the “current state of affairs” of analytics in higher education.

2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Unified Data Models

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:16:49 Z

This report envisions the preferred future of unified data models in higher education and provides an action plan targeting that future.

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.

A Quest for Success: How Technology and Data Transformed Middle Tennessee State University

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:07:35 Z

Middle Tennessee State University's (MTSU) transformation journey began in 2013 with the establishment of the Office of Student Success and the release of Quest for Student Success, the institution’s strategic plan for improving retention and completion.

Digital Transformation (Dx) Institutional Self-Assessment

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:36:39 Z

This self-assessment is designed to help you understand your institution’s capabilities for Dx by walking you through six capability categories.

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.

The Technology Workforce in Higher Education, 2022

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:21:11 Z

One of the most salient consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education has been a reduction and reorganization of the workforce.

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.

Digital Transformation at Minority Serving Institutions

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:43:09 Z

This report looks at the role of digital transformation for this group of institutions and includes the perspectives of technology leaders at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Success Factors for Advising Technology Implementation

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:18:31 Z

This institutional readiness assessment tool provides examples of exemplary institutions and discussion questions regarding campus conditions in the successful and quality implementation of advising technology, and to help teams build capacity by considering the extent to which their leadership, culture, and existing technology ecosystem are ready for new advising technology solutions.

Higher Education Workforce Challenges and Opportunities

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:45:21 Z

This paper will highlight the current challenges facing higher education, some of the specific workforce challenges for colleges and universities, emerging workforce trends for employers across the country, and examples of best practices emerging at higher education institutions.

Digital Transformation: Equipping Advisors for the Journey, Students for Success

Thu, 13 May 2021 22:22:17 Z

Digital transformation (Dx) is a term that appears everywhere these days, especially as changes to the social, economic, technological, and demographic landscapes are accelerating. An intentional and strategic approach to Dx can create resiliency, flexibility, and relevance for higher education institutions as they face increasingly difficult challenges.

Fall Planning for the New Normal: Moving Higher Ed Online

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:24:22 Z

The Fall Planning for the New Normal: Moving Higher Ed Online report sheds light both on the general trends that have taken shape as institutions planned and made preparations for fall education and on the particular practices and models that institutions have deployed.

Learning and Teaching Reimagined: Change and challenge for students, staff and leaders

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:23:28 Z

This JISC publication, Learning and teaching reimagined is a sector-wide initiative focused on providing university leaders with inspiration on what the future might hold for higher education and guidance on how to respond and thrive in those environments.

Strategic Planning in Your Organization

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:39:03 Z