Technology is key to the future of higher education. Digital capabilities describe the application of technology to the core functions of an enterprise. Using data from EDUCAUSE Core Data Service maturity and deployment indices, the Digital Capabilities in Higher Education reports are designed to provide a view into the current status of digital capabilities within higher education. Maturity indices measure the capability to deliver IT services and applications in a given area. They examine not just technical dimensions of progress but also multiple dimensions such as culture, process, expertise, investment, and governance. Maturity indices enable institutions to determine where they are and where they aspire to be. Deployment indices measure stages of deployment for specific technologies and services, which are aggregated to track progress in an area. Core Data Service participants from EDUCAUSE member institutions can also use these data to create semi-customized benchmarking reports that assess their organization’s digital capabilities and provide insight for future planning. Reports Report Icon Analytics Report Icon E-Learning Report Icon Information Security Report Icon IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance Report Icon IT Service Management The Digital Capabilities in Higher Education reports will be published in October 2017.Related Resources Digital Capabilities in Higher Education, 2015 EDUCAUSE Core Data Service EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research The Digitization of Higher Education: Charting the Course, EDUCAUSE Review article Next-Level Benchmarking: How Do You Measure Up?, EDUCAUSE Review article Benchmarking to Inform IT Planning, EDUCAUSE Review article
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This report covers the 13 technologies and 11 trends included in the Integrated Planning for Advising and Student Success domain.
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A group of 35 current college and university presidents examine what will be needed to strengthen their role in the coming decades.
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Institutional programs and third-party vendors provide an expanding number of instructional tools and services that generate copious amounts of learning data. These data can be combined and shared to improve learning and increase student success, but these opportunities complicate the privacy landscape. Higher education may need new and perhaps more nuanced practices and policies concerning learning data usage and privacy. Although the answers are far from clear, institutions should initiate discussions and governance conversations if they haven’t already done so—the only real mistake is to do nothing.
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This is a report of a CNI Executive Roundtable held April 2 & 3, 2017.
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This two-page, easy-to-scan almanac shares the most important EDUCAUSE data regarding the state of information security in higher education. Data for this almanac are derived from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service and the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research.
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This report covers the 17 technologies and 11 trends included in the infrastructure and operations domain.
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This report covers the 29 technologies and 10 trends included in the teaching and learning domain.
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This report covers the 12 technologies and 8 trends included in the cloud domain.
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This is a compilation of questions and items for institutions to consider as they embark in considering and deploying a Predictive Analytics system.
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