Last week was the 2023 Annual EDUCAUSE meeting in in Chicago. In conjunction with this meeting, EDUCAUSE released their top ten issues for the year, introduced via an excellent plenary by Susan Grajek. See

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2023/10/2024-educause-top-10-institutional-resilience

In addition, this overview may be helpful

https://www.educause.edu/research-and-publications/research/top-10-it-issues-technologies-and-trends/2024


Also, in conjunction with the meeting, EDUCAUSE has introduced a new strategic plan, which includes a very important reconceptualization of the role and positioning of EDUCAUSE with respect to the higher education community. EDUCAUSE CEO John O'Brien has written a superb piece on this work, which I strongly recommend. See

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2023/10/introducing-the-new-educause-strategic-plan

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI