Four subscription programs allow each institution to select the ECAR services that best balance its needs and budget. Certain ECAR products are also available for direct purchase through EDUCAUSE. ECAR has special pricing for college and university systems. Please contact us at ecar@educause.edu or (303) 449-4430 for details. Prices are effective January 1, 2006.
Participating Subscriber ($5,150 for EDUCAUSE Members/$10,300 otherwise)
The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research is a strategic initiative of EDUCAUSE. As a result, the costs of subscription to ECAR by EDUCAUSE members are kept low as a member benefit and to encourage new memberships. Organizations that are not current members of EDUCAUSE but who wish to become ECAR subscribers are encouraged to become members of EDUCAUSE prior to subscribing.
Where do you find reliable information on the integration of information technology (IT) in higher education? While there are ample anecdotes, there is little factual information and even less analysis. In this environment, decision making may seem more like guesswork than a rational process. Higher education leaders are looking for a source of reliable information on which to base complex and risky IT decisions.
The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) is designed to provide just such research-based, trustworthy information on information technology in higher education.
ECAR subscribers receive a range of current, informative, thought-provoking information and analysis. Subscribers receive many times the value of their investment in ECAR by taking advantage of the unique relationships ECAR has negotiated and by leveraging the investment of other institutions. ECAR's products and services include:
Research studies
Research studies reflect substantial research efforts of strategic importance to higher education such as IT security, networking, IT engagement in research, and student and faculty uses of IT. ECAR publishes four such studies annually.
Research bulletins
These frequent electronic updates provide credible, thoughtful, and timely analysis of key IT developments and illustrate their impact on higher education. Research bulletins are concise, insightful treatments of current topics that may range from products/services to policy.
Case studies
Case Studies are institution-specific or topic-specific reports designed to exemplify important themes, trends, and experiences in the management of information technology investments and activities. Case Studies relate to, and are undertaken as part of, specific ECAR Research Studies.
Roadmaps
ECAR Roadmaps synthesize important IT issues and provide recommendations for action in higher education. The content draws from ECAR Research Studies and Case Studies. ECAR Roadmaps are available to the public.
Subscriber Web site
All ECAR information will be made available on a private Web site allowing subscribers ready access to the information. Reports, research updates, the ECAR research agenda, and information about subscriber-only events will be posted to this site.
ECAR Symposium
In addition to timely information and analysis, those ECAR subscribers who select the Participating Subscriber Program will have the opportunity to interact with other leading institutions that face similar challenges. These ECAR subscribers will have opportunities to network with each other on a variety of occasions. ECAR's events include an annual symposium to update subscribers on ECAR sponsored research as well as to highlight emerging trends and issues found in the discovery process. Other symposia and workshops will focus on topics linked to ECAR research projects. Presenters at ECAR symposia have included Marjory Blumenthal, Dave Farber, Al Guskin, Kate Hayle, Kay Howe, Alan Kay, V.S. Ramachandran, and others.
Unless otherwise noted, EDUCAUSE holds the copyright on all materials published by the association, whether in print or electronic form. In certain cases the work remains the intellectual property of the individual author(s) (see Special Circumstances). Content from conference speeches, presentations, blogs, wikis and feeds reflect the opinions of the author, and not necessarily those of EDUCAUSE or its members.
