EDUCAUSE Membership FAQs

EDUCAUSE membership is at an organizational level. We offer a variety of membership types to meet the community's diverse needs, including:

• U.S. Institutional Membership
• International Institutional Membership
• Nonprofit and Association Membership
• K–12 Membership
• Corporate Membership
• Emerging Tech Membership
• Consultant Membership

EDUCAUSE membership runs on an annual cycle from July 1 through June 30. The annual fee is due on June 30, and organizations are welcome to join at any point of the year at a prorated dues amount.

(For institutional members and other non-corporate members)
EDUCAUSE membership is at an organizational level and provides access to key member-only resources, as well as special pricing on all of our programs and services.

We have programs and services that:

• Showcase what you and your peers are doing successfully with technology on campus.
• Enhance your and your team's knowledge and skills.
• Allow you to learn from and connect with a large community of peers and industry experts.
• Highlight technology trends, best practices, and where higher education is headed—helping you and your team make informed decisions.

Everyone at your institution or organization gets access to:

• Timely research, assessment tools, and articles on a breadth of technology topics in higher ed.
• Opportunities to make strategic connections year-round with your peers and industry experts.
• Free webinars and member-only QuickTalks.
• Special pricing on all of our signature events such as the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, Innovation Summits, Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference, leadership and management programs, and job postings within the EDUCAUSE Career Center.
• Significant discounts on New Horizons courses—hands-on training in various areas such as information security, ITIL/IT service management, cloud, project management, and data and analytics—and Prosci Change Management Programs.
• Analytics services, including free benchmarking via the Core Data Service (CDS), as well as the Technology Solutions Market Dashboard and faculty and student user surveys.
• Highly sought-after content from partners like Gartner.
• Participation in EDUCAUSE mentoring and volunteer opportunities, as well as awards and scholarships.

(For corporate members)
EDUCAUSE membership is at an organizational level and provides access to key member-only resources, as well as special pricing on all of our programs and services.

We have programs and services that:

• Provide you with direct access to higher education technology decision-makers.
• Offer insight into your customers' most important needs and issues.
• Showcase what your company is doing successfully with technology on campus.
• Maximize your brand's reach and visibility with thousands of technology professionals across higher education—and more.

Everyone at your organization gets access to:

• Partner packages within the new EDUCAUSE Corporate Engagement Program.
• Opportunities to share your thought leadership on technology trends and best practices and to collaborate on EDUCAUSE research.
• Opportunities to make strategic connections year-round.
• Participation in EDUCAUSE volunteering opportunities and the EDUCAUSE Mentoring Program.
• Opportunities to purchase EDUCAUSE Custom Analytics reports of key institutional findings.
• Free webinars and member-only QuickTalks.
• Special pricing on training that helps you better understand how to work effectively with higher education, as well as on sponsorships, advertising, exhibits, EDUCAUSE Demo Days, job postings within the EDUCAUSE Career Center, and more.

If you are designated as the Primary Representative for managing your organization's EDUCAUSE membership, an invoice for the 2024–25 membership year will be emailed to you in May. If you do not receive it or if you need help renewing your membership, please contact our membership team via email or by calling 303-449-4430.

Dues rates are adjusted annually, mainly to keep up with the pace of inflation. If you’d like to see if you qualify for a discount or to learn more about the benefits of membership, please contact our membership team.

To become an EDUCAUSE member organization, contact our membership team at 303-449-4430 or email us at [email protected]. We'll follow up with next steps.

We offer several payment options:

• Pay by credit card online. Our membership team can email you an invoice for you to easily pay online.
• Pay by check. From the requested online invoice, you can download and print a statement and mail a check to the following address (note this is different from our regular mailing address in Boulder, CO):
  

  EDUCAUSE
  PO Box 910781
  Denver, CO 80291-0781

• Send an ACH/wire transfer. Contact our membership team for routing information for electronic payment at 303-449-4430 or email us at [email protected].
• Submit a purchase order. Please note, a purchase order (PO) is not a form of payment, and your invoice is not considered paid until funds are received. If you need a PO number to process your membership invoice, please email a copy of your PO along with your request to add a PO number to your invoice to [email protected]. Be sure to include any information that will help us expeditiously process your request, such as contact information (if different from your own) or invoice number.

There are two easy ways to find out if your organization is an EDUCAUSE member:

• Visit our Member Directory and search for your organization's name. If your organization appears, it is a member and you have access to membership benefits.
• Contact our membership team. We're happy to help!

To begin accessing your membership benefits, create an EDUCAUSE Profile or log in to personalize your member experience to your interests.

For other tips for getting started with membership, visit our Use Membership page.

To reassign your role to another individual at your organization, please contact our membership team.