Top Issues, Trends, and Technologies

What's Important and Where to Focus

Higher education leaders and decision makers use the annual issues, trends, and technologies resources to know what's important and where to focus in their planning and management activities.

EDUCAUSE Top 10

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The most important issues higher education leaders are focusing on now and actionable recommendations for how to manage them

Trend Watch report

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The trends that are going to be most influential as IT leaders face shifting higher ed, social, political, and technological landscapes

 

Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning

2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition, person on top of a tree looking through a spyglass

The trends and key technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in higher education

Horizon Report | Data and Analytics

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Data and Analytics Edition

The trends and key technologies shaping the future of data and analytics 

 

Horizon Report | Cybersecurity and Privacy

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The trends and key technologies likely to have an impact on cybersecurity and privacy in higher education 

Horizon Report | Holistic Student Experience

Horizon Report | Holistic Student Experience

The trends and key technologies likely to have an impact on the student experience.

 




Origins of the Issues, Trends, and Technologies Resources

The lists are created by the community for the community—identifying what's important and where to focus. The Top 10 list is developed by a panel of experts composed of technology and non-technology leaders, CIOs, and faculty members and is then voted on by EDUCAUSE members in an annual survey. The Trend Watch report is derived from authoritative sources that annually identify emerging and maturing technologies and trends in higher education. The Horizon Reports' expert panels and compendium of institutional exemplar projects include representatives from around the globe.