Research Publications

This study provides information about higher education CIOs’ attributes, education, experience, and effectiveness and about the technology professionals who are likely to replace these CIOs…

Key Findings The CIO role in higher education continues to inspire, perplex, and fascinate those who examine it. The 2011 ECAR study of information technology leaders in colleges and universit…

There is little quantitative research on how to succeed as a CIO. Available literature, often based on expert opinion, focuses on highlighting select roles in which a CIO must excel as well as d…

This ECAR research bulletin takes a forward-looking view of the CIO role, identifying critical skills and competencies required for strategic partnership in 2012 and beyond, based on a review of…

This June 2010 survey is a critical component of a new EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) study that will expand our community's understanding of the issues and concerns of current…

This document presents the key findings of the ECAR study, Leading the IT Workforce in Higher Education , by Philip J. Goldstein. The study builds upon the ECAR work done in 2004 in its origin…

This ECAR roadmap synthesizes the important issues and recommended actions drawn from the 2008 ECAR research study, Leading the IT Workforce in Higher Education , by Philip J. Goldstein. The s…

This ECAR case study complements the 2008 ECAR study by Philip J. Goldstein, Leading the IT Workforce in Higher Education . Views of the Top: Rising IT Leaders Discuss the CIO Position in Hi…

Abstract This 2008 ECAR research study builds upon the work done in 2004 by ECAR in its original study of information technology leadership. The 2008 study addresses the following questions: …

This ECAR case study complements the 2008 ECAR study by Philip J. Goldstein, Leading the IT Workforce in Higher Education . Developing the IT Workforce at the University of South Australia …