Great organization for a great professional community
Pros
EDUCAUSE serves higher education IT leaders and professionals while also engaging a wide range of stakeholders dedicated to advancing higher education through technology. This provides EDUCAUSE staff with the opportunity to work with innovative, mission-oriented members and fosters an organizational culture that is similarly focused on innovation in support of higher education's mission. Association employees enjoy positive working relationships that emphasize cooperation and collaboration, and association leaders strive to foster a working environment that incorporates staff input and respects work-life balance.
Cons
Associations are constantly challenged in terms of balancing member needs with available resources, especially as those needs evolve. EDUCAUSE works hard as an organization to keep its events, research, and programs aligned with current and emerging member needs, but timing the end of legacy activities with the launch of new innovations is not always a smooth process. As a result, staff are challenged at times to manage the maintenance or wind-down of legacy efforts while getting new projects off the launch pad.
