EDUCAUSE IT Professionals Member Orientation

As an EDUCAUSE member, you have access to a vast collection of tools and resources that help you in your role as a higher education technology professional. You also receive special pricing on (or free access to) all of our in-person and online events, leadership and management programs, and job postings within the EDUCAUSE Career Center.

Below you will find just some of the key resources and events to get you started.

If you want to take a deeper dive into all that we have to offer, we recommend exploring the IT and Other Campus Professionals page.

Content and Communities

• EDUCAUSE Top 10, Trend Watch Report, and Horizon Reports
  Gain insight into what's important to your peers and where they are focusing in their planning and management activities.

• EDUCAUSE Showcase Series
  Get a closer look at our popular EDUCAUSE Top 10 and better understand urgent issues identified by the higher ed community each year. For each topic, we’ve gathered the tools and resources you need into one place to help guide your campus forward.

• EDUCAUSE Review
  Our popular digital flagship publication will keep you up to date on current developments and trends in information technology, how they may affect the college/university as an institution, and what these mean for higher education and society.

• EDUCAUSE Library
  Search within the world's largest collection of information about higher ed technology.

• The Higher Education IT Service Catalog: A Working Model for Comparison and Collaboration, Second Edition
  Use the IT service catalog to implement a new catalog or revise an existing one, and transform from a technology-oriented organization into a service-oriented organization.

• EDUCAUSE Analytics Services
  Get data, benchmarking, and insights on technology practice and use in higher education. By using these services, you can identify peer institutions, research common technology solutions, benchmark resources, and gain insight on student and faculty technology use to help you make informed decisions.

• IT Services and Management Community Groups
  Follow and contribute to online discussions on a variety of issues and challenges facing higher education technology professionals.

2024 Conferences, Events, and Trainings

Volunteering and Mentoring

• EDUCAUSE Mentoring Program
  Become a mentor or mentee to develop (or help others develop) and achieve personal and professional goals.

• Volunteering Opportunities
  Serve on a committee or advisory board to help guide strategies in various areas of the association, review event proposals to help shape our signature conferences and events, contribute content to EDUCAUSE Review, and more.