Kenneth Gyan, Director of Information Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Data Pathway supports higher education professionals whose role it is to use data, information, and analytics in ways that are effective and that support data-informed decision-making with the goal of supporting institutional success. This path will help you identify and navigate a data career by increasing your understanding of the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to begin, transition, and advance your career.
Olivia Kew-Fickus, Chief Data Officer at Vanderbilt University and Ben Wiles, Chief Student Success & Empowerment Officer at Clemson University discuss their skills, professional journeys, and roles as data leaders in their organizations.
The EDUCAUSE Data Pathway Toolkits provide individuals and mentors an opportunity to identify strengths and gaps, then select activities to leverage those strengths and develop in select areas. The toolkits support the development of an action to improve immediate performance and foster readiness for long-term professional goals. Select the appropriate toolkit for your needs below to get started.
Early-level data professional positions include visualization specialist, data wrangler, data engineer, and a focus on analysis. Roles often have "analyst" at the end of the title (e.g., data analyst, research data analyst, data governance analyst, institutional research analyst, etc.) In these roles, duties and responsibilities may include building data models and assessing, preparing, and analyzing institutional data to provide timely reports, analyses, and visualizations to stakeholders and answering ad-hoc questions.
Bachelor’s or Master's degree or equivalent experience.
Entry-level positions in cybersecurity include job titles like information security specialist, information security analyst, network technical specialist, and computer forensics analyst. In these roles, your duties and responsibilities may include helping to prevent data breaches, network attacks, and other threats. You work to protect your institution's digital resources and information technology systems and to prevent hackers from disrupting normal business activities. Additionally, you help faculty, staff, and students learn and engage in good information security practices on the job and at home.
Degree in Computer Science or related area and/or equivalent of education and experiences; select network and security certifications; and experience working with select compliance standards.
Entry-level positions for teaching and learning may support faculty to apply learning technology to courses, coordinate and maintain digital resources for the institution, or assist in curriculum or instructional design. People who perform these tasks may have job titles like instructional technologist, instructional designer, computer learning lab coordinator, learning management system administrator, instructional technologist, multimedia designer, and faculty development specialist.
Associate's degree, bachelor’s degree, certifications in user and instructional design, or equivalent experience
Entry-level positions in innovation include job titles such as instructional innovation specialist, business transformation project manager, and systems integration and innovation coordinator. These positions work in some capacity helping to support innovation to advance institutional strategies.
Associates degree, bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
Early level positions in information technology include job titles such as user support specialist, data analyst, desktop support technician, and network operations analyst. These positions work in some capacity helping to support institutional technology or data operations, or to maintain the institution's digital environment.
Associate degree, bachelor’s degree, ITIL or IT service management training (see take action for more information), or equivalent experience. Certifications such as CompTIA A+, ITIL Foundation; vendor specific certifications such as Microsoft, AWS, for service and support roles. Certifications around data analytics and vendor specific certifications, such as Oracle or Microsoft for those working with data and databases.
A Data Analyst collects, evaluates, and prepares research and/or other complex statistical data for a specific unit of the institution. Prepares statistical and narrative reports and recommendations, and participates in the analysis and interpretation of data as appropriate. Develops, maintains, and ensures quality control of databases and may assist in development and implementation of measurement systems. Engages with technical and non-technical leaders across campus to identify data needs, triage data, perform data analysis, and develop data visualizations.
A Data Governance Analyst designs strategies for enterprise databases, data warehouse systems, and multidimensional networks. They set standards for database operations, programming, query processes, and security. They model, design, and construct large relational databases or data warehouses. They create and optimize data models for warehouse infrastructure and workflow, integrate new systems with existing warehouse structures, and refine system performance and functionality.
Data Scientists or Statisticians are responsible for managing and leading a wide array of highly specialized and intricate data analytics tasks and possess skills and abilities in the development and use of analytic tools. They may create databases, software applications, analysis pipelines, and user interfaces for the analysis and dissemination of diverse data types. The role may require fundamental programming skills in various languages. The Data Scientist or Statistician may direct computational analysis of derived data; provide direct technical support by offering guidance; implement improvements to data analysis tools, databases, and interfaces; and work closely with their team to troubleshoot issues.
The Data Engineer role is critical in the process of implementing business intelligence solutions for the organization. This includes designing and developing data pipelines, warehouses, and integrations using best practices. The role will ensure the availability and accuracy of consumption and analysis by the organization. The Data Engineer will need to be familiar with key business applications and processes to assist in executing the organization’s data strategy in a scalable and reliable manner.
The Data Project Manager will apply comprehensive knowledge of project goals and consultation with decision-makers to manage project planning and implementation. They will set and monitor project milestones, assign individual responsibilities, and develop a detailed work plan to ensure completion of the project, schedule meetings, create meeting agendas, summaries, and reports, and communicate the project status. They'll also monitor the project budget and assist with resource allocation, and manage relationships with partners in industry, government, academia and other units.
Kenneth Gyan, Director of Information Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Insuh Pak, Analytics Engineer at University of California, Santa Cruz
Melissa Meehan, Web Services Director, SUNY Buffalo State.
Rebecca Graetz, Senior Instructional Designer, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Assess your data literacy skills and abilities by taking the Data Literacy competency self-assessment. Understand your strengths and weaknesses in the areas of data management, data analysis, and more.
Explore and join any of the Community Groups to share strategies about data governance, compliance, data strategy, enterprise, business, technical architects (aka ITANA), and privacy programs.
* Join the Young Professionals Community group to connect with others in the early stages of their careers.
Become an EDUCAUSE Ambassador to help your organization get the most out of its membership by connecting colleagues with beneficial resources.
Find a mentor who can provide guidance, support, and growth on your career journey. Search for a mentor who has a data-focused role you may be interested in, can speak to the data professional advancement journey, and has expertise that can help you understand the latest data trends and issues.
Support an EDUCAUSE conference or meeting by reading proposals for events or pursuing a volunteer opportunity.
Read the latest on everything data and data governance in the EDUCAUSE Review. Have a topic you'd like to see covered or an idea to contribute? Become a contributor.
Go to the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference designed for, and attended by, the global community of higher education professionals, including those that work with and lead data initiatives.
Read the EDUCAUSE 2022 Horizon Report on Data & Analytics and the 2023 Horizon Report Action Plan on Data Governance.
Earn your microcredential at the Data Literacy Institute, which empowers higher education professionals to use data confidently and to understand the data life cycle.
Mid-level positions in data include highly proficient individual contributors and people managers. Often, job titles that include “Lead” are individual contributor positions that may include project management responsibilities: Lead Data Engineer, Lead Analytics Engineer, Lead Data Analyst, or Principal Analyst. As lead individual contributors, duties and responsibilities may also include participating in teams of other data professionals and working with key stakeholders to deliver data product solutions. Professionals at this level may support central services with enterprise/institutional data or specialize within functional domain data. Similar versions of these job titles with “Manager” or “Associate Director” include people management duties such as performance management and professional development: Associate Director of Institutional Research, Data Services Manager, or Data Governance Manager. As a manager, duties and responsibilities may include leading teams of other data professionals and managing stakeholders to deliver data product solutions. Mid-level professionals may support the development of technical skill sets of early-level professionals within an area of expertise, manage central services with enterprise/institutional data, and/or specialize within functional domain data.
Master’s, MBA, PhD, or equivalent experience.
Mid-level positions in cybersecurity include job titles like information security analyst, information security penetration tester, information security engineer, information security consultant, information security advisor, information security manager, information senior security engineer, manager of information security and systems operations, and senior manager of research computing. In this role, your duties and responsibilities may include designing security systems, conducting reviews and audits, assessing systems for gaps, and recommending solutions.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, communications, or related fields, or similar certified coursework in applicable fields of study. Foundation knowledge and skills may include working knowledge of common software application packages, equipment platforms, reference database systems and sources, and training methods and a basic understanding of networks, data communication, and multimedia systems.
Mid-Level teaching and learning roles include job titles like project manager, instructional designer, and faculty development manager, and typically require expertise in educational technology and learning design. People in these positions are beginning to have leadership responsibilities and may coordinate teams or training. At this level, people continue to develop the competencies and relationships they will need to assume senior and executive roles in the field.
Bachelor's or master’s depending on career goals and institutional expectations. Consider obtaining relevant certifications to user and instructional design, curriculum development, and project management.
Mid-level positions in innovation include job titles such as digital innovation librarian, associate director of research and innovation, and program manager for innovation and digitization. Professionals in these positions are often in management-oriented roles with responsibilities for supporting or maintaining a specific area related to innovation. They may also supervise entry-level staff.
Master’s, MBA, or doctoral degree based on personal goals and institution’s expectations.
Mid-level positions in information technology include job titles such as operations support manager, manager of client services, or manager of reporting and analytics. Professionals in these positions are often in management-oriented roles with responsibilities for supporting or maintaining a specific area within information technology. They may supervise entry-level staff.
Bachelor's, master's degree (or equivalent experience), ITIL or IT service management training, depending on career goals and institutional requirements (see take action for more information).
The Data Governance Manager is the primary lead in the implementation of the data governance framework and associated principles, policies, data quality, and integrity standards that support consistency and protection of enterprise data assets. They also assist with creating procedures, documentation, and training materials to ensure standard practices are being applied consistently across the organization. The position may involve collaborating with and training campus data stewards, partners, and functional units to ensure that policy and processes support the effective sharing, protection, and using of data as an asset in institutional planning, decision-making, and strategy.
The Data Manager/Analyst will support program evaluation, continuous quality improvement, ongoing maintenance of data required for accreditation, and tracking of strategic plan outcomes by providing oversight of all activities relating to collection of outcome data from multiple sources; organization and maintenance of databases; analysis of complex data to monitor program performance and trends; generation and distribution of reports and dashboards; and documenting and tracking the flow of data and actions taken.
This role leads the technical aspects of the continuing effort to integrate disparate data sources into a centralized, analytical data lake, applying industry standards and best practices. They work closely with the information technology services development staff and database administrator to engineer and administer the data lake and its associated architecture and processes, and interface with analysts and data consumers to develop logical views, data models, and reports from the data lake. The role also promotes the uses, benefits, and adoption of the data lake across the campus community.
The Data Warehouse Analyst and Modeler is a data analyst who will work to deliver high-quality data analysis, build new data warehouses, and deliver analytical projects. This is typically an individual contributor role with responsibilities to produce data models using various tools; assess the source system process and data to set up data interfaces; work with SMEs to understand data and requirements; provide input to data design; articulate findings and present models; and have an understanding of data modeling for transaction systems and data warehouses.
Jay James, Senior Cybersecurity Operations Lead, Auburn University.
Todd Barber, Executive Director of Enterprise Applications and Data Services at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Melissa Barnett, Data Governance Manager, Georgia State University.
Steve Burrell, Vice President & CIO, Northern Arizona University
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Take our competency self-assessment for mid-level professionals to evaluate your skills and abilities and to help you identify your growth opportunities in the areas of communication, team development and optimization, financial management, project management, and more.
Assess your strengths and weaknesses in the areas of data security and privacy, data management, data analysis, and more by taking the Data Literacy competency self-assessment.
Lead and facilitate Community Groups that dovetail with your interests and expertise, like one that is focused on DEI or data leadership.
Consider becoming an EDUCAUSE Ambassador to help your organization get the most out of membership by connecting colleagues with resources beneficial to their roles.
Identify and engage with a mentor who is a data or analytics professional to develop skills in areas like change and innovation, communication, money management, or project management.
Share your expertise and knowlege with an early-career data professional by serving as a mentor.
Join or explore an EDUCAUSE working group and collaborate closely with your peers from a variety of institutions to define solutions for challenges and create useful resources for the community.
Have an idea that you think would benefit from focused attention? Have you started a project you would like to share with the broader higher education community? Propose a topic for a Working Group.
Engage with the Analytics channel of EDUCAUSE Review. Consider becoming a contributor by sharing your own ideas or experiences.
Submit a proposal for a session and/or poster for a data or analytics-related track at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference.
Attend the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference and learn from a community of higher education professionals that leverage data across their organizations.
Join an EDUCAUSE Community Group in a specific data domain area, like Student Success Analytics Practitioners, to learn and specialize.
Learn how to leverage your data skills to make educated business decisions.
Take a course and earn a credential that supports your technical data and analytics professional knowledge and skills.
Take a deep dive into EDUCAUSE library topics on data administration, governance, and leadership.
Earn an EDUCAUSE microcredential when you complete a Learning Lab or Institute to sharpen your technical and managerial skills.
Explore the Institutional Effectiveness Program offered by UCSD for a focus on data, student equity, and success.
Advanced-level positions in data and analytics include job titles like Director of Institutional Research, Director of Data Analytics, Director of Data Governance, Director of Data Architecture, and Deputy Chief Data Officer. These roles may be responsible for monitoring the operational functions of the team but are also engaged and embedded into the business units around campus to help other unit leaders make data-driven decisions. These roles may also lead a team of individuals, sometimes multiple teams.
Master’s, MBA, PhD, or equivalent experience.
Advanced-level information security positions include information security manager, information security associate director, information security officer, information security architect, information security engineer, assistant director of information security, information security senior director, and others. People in those roles monitor the organization's information technology security system, are in charge of the institution's security risk management program, and act as advisors to executives.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Information Systems, or Computer Science or relevant experience. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or other equivalent certifications typically preferred. Information security, networking, server administration, and project management experience typically preferred.
Advanced teaching and learning positions include job titles like senior instructional designer, director of academic technology, teaching and learning center director, and director of online learning. Professionals in these roles provide strategic oversight at the departmental level and usually lead teams. While not at the executive level yet, people in these roles are often the most senior representative subject matter expert in educational technology or learning design.
Master’s, EdD, or PhD depending on career goals and institutional expectations.
Advanced-level positions in innovation include job titles such as director of innovation and instructional technology, director of lean transformation, and director of digital innovation and ecosystems. Professionals in these positions are responsible for directing and leading the operations of large innovation-related projects, often with managers and other staff reporting to them.
Master’s, MBA, or doctoral degree based on personal goals and institution’s expectations
Advanced level positions in information technology include job titles such as director of analytics, director of client services, and director of network work services. Professionals in these positions are responsible for directing and leading the strategy and operations of large areas of information technology, often with managers and other staff reporting to them.
Bachelor's, master's degree (or equivalent experience), certification in project management or change management, ITIL or IT service management training, depending on career goals and institutional requirements (see take action for more information).
Directors of the Center for Data Science work across an institution to lead interdisciplinary Data Science organizations. This includes touchpoints on research, data visualization, community engagement, and solving data science challenges across an institution. Directors of Centers for Data Science also lead the vision and teams of the center.
The Director of Data Management and Architecture often directs the day-to-day operations and the strategic oversight for data management operations within the division of Information Technology. They may be responsible for the coordination of all technology associated with data warehousing, data management, business intelligence, and analytics platforms. They often partner with a diverse population of stakeholders in evaluating and translating business needs into data analytics and ensure the needs have been successfully met.
Professionals in this role will work alongside various stakeholders internal and external to an institution to ensure quality data governance best practices and established principles. This role may also lead teams of professionals toward data governance goals and outcomes. The Director of Data Governance and Solutions is a key leadership position, responsible for establishing and maintaining effective data governance frameworks, policies, and solutions. They play a key role in ensuring data quality, integrity, security, and compliance while driving the strategic use of data to support decision-making, innovation, and organizational goals.
The Deputy CDO is responsible for partnering with the CDO in maintaining a full data program and maintaining oversight of the institution's data strategy and data analysis functions. They partner in the communication of data-related information to the campus community and often lead teams within the data program.
Data Architects are responsible for the strategic design and development of data architecture that governs how data is collected, stored, processed, integrated, and used. At the advanced level Data Architect titles reflect growth as an individual contributor from previous levels. They may work with key business units to help build a data catalog, design data models to empower product and analytics, evaluate various internal and external sources, and ensure data quality.
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Ravneet Chadha, Associate Vice President and Chief Data Officer, at University of Arizona
Andre Jenkins, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, University of Pennsylvania.
Victoria Getis, Senior Director, Teaching & Learning Technologies, Northwestern University.
The gap will continue to widen between institutions that are starting to engage in digital transformation and those that have not. We asked five institutional leaders to share their unique projects that reflect a shift to Dx.
Take our competency self-assessment for advanced-level professionals to evaluate your skills and abilities and to identify your strengths and growth opportunities in the areas of communication, team development and optimization, financial management, project management, and more.
Attend a Member QuickTalk to connect with others on timely, data-focused topics.
Join a data-related EDUCAUSE Community Group and get involved in the dialogue.
Become a mentor or a mentee through our Mentoring program. You can help provide guidance to other data professionals who are earlier in their careers by sharing your own data career journey. Get guidance yourself from an executive-level data professional or a data peer as your career grows.
Volunteer to lead one of the Data and Analytics Community Groups intended to identify problems and share strategies about various specialized topics around data and analytics.
Join an advisory or member committee and help shape EDUCAUSE program content. You can provide guidance and support to a particular area, lend your expertise to the development of our flagship events, or volunteer to review presentation proposals.
Consider participating in the annual Core Data Services survey to analyze your institution’s demographics and central IT organization, staffing, financing, and services to access benchmark resources, view and download data, and create custom reports.
Contribute articles to the Analytics channel or other related channels of the EDUCAUSE Review.
Facilitate a webinar, QuickTalk, or session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference.
Give guest lectures at your institution or others to engage with, raise awareness, and better understand data and analytics needs of students, faculty, and other professionals.
Facilitate EDUCAUSE webinars, Learning Labs, and Institutes to stay connected and share knowledge. Find out more about being a faculty member at EDUCAUSE and how to apply.
Go to the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference designed for and attended by the global community of higher education professionals.
Attend trainings and conferences outside higher education such as the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit and the Chief Data Officer & Information Quality Symposium.
Explore EDUCAUSE Analytics resources.
Hone your leadership skills in the EDUCAUSE Senior Directors Institute or continue to develop technical expertise with other courses.
If you are aspiring to Chief Data Officer roles, participate in CDO certificate programs such as the Carnegie Mellon Heinz CDO Certificate and the CDO-1 Certificate.
Explore the Institutional Effectiveness Program offered by UCSD for a focus on data, student equity, and success.
Data professionals at the executive level typically report to a member of the President's Cabinet and are responsible for institutional data strategy and operations involving data governance, management, and analytics. These positions provide leadership and oversight for centralized and distributed teams involving all aspects of the effective and ethical use of data. Depending on institutional needs and maturity, these positions may be highly focused on specific aspects of data strategy and operations where only working knowledge of other component disciplines may be needed.
Master’s, MBA, PhD, or equivalent experience.
Unit executive level positions are typically members of the senior leadership team and work with constituents across the institution—faculty, staff, and students—to develop and deliver a comprehensive security and privacy program, including liaising with the campus general counsel on risk management and compliance activities. These positions may exist in Colleges of Medicine, Colleges of Law, or perhaps at a campus within a multi-campus district. Unit executives will need to have some familiarity with each level of information security work, from the strategic to the technical.
Advanced degree in computer science, information technology, or related field. CIPP/US, CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or equivalent certifications, depending on career goals and institutional expectations.
Unit executive level roles in teaching and learning include job titles such as associate vice president online education, and associate provost for academic technology and innovation. These roles are often referred to as the Chief Academic Technology Officer, which can be a formal job title or a more informal institutional designation. Leaders in these roles guide institutional strategy in academic technology, online learning, and learning innovation.
PhD or EdD depending on career goals and institutional expectations.
Executive-level positions in innovation include job titles such as assistant vice chancellor for instructional innovation and support, chief digital transformation officer, and chief innovation architect. Professionals in these positions are responsible for providing leadership for large areas and sometimes multiple departments within the institution, usually involving strategic planning, budget oversight, and institutional leadership for innovation initiatives.
Master’s, MBA, MFA, JD, or doctoral degree based on personal goals and institution’s expectations
This pathway represents a role that is increasingly complex and diverse and requires individuals who can embrace technological and human aspects of innovative practice and transformational changes. It requires individuals to build and maintain relationships inside and outside of institutions. This often includes effective relationships with board members or Regents, and community leaders such as City Officials. The Institutional executive must also be prepared to make complex decisions in a politicized atmosphere. While it is unreasonable to expect executives to know everything, that have to be skilled at forming questions and questioning. The ability to communicate very complex concepts in generally understandable terms is critical. The role is expanding beyond cost and performance responsibilities to drive transformation through IT as a core driver of of value through shaping of culture, workforce, and technological shifts that enable new educational and operational models. The institutional executive also acts as a mentor and coach, to elicit growth and performance of those within the IT organization and to drive digital literacy across the enterprise. Finally, they must be able to speak truth to power, to uncover weaknesses and be vulnerable and humble in the pursuit of excellence. They are hired for strategy and fired for operations and thus must balance their efforts to drive innovation and change, while maintaining operational integrity, security, and reliability of IT services. They must realize that they are primarily in the people business. They are able to recognize chaos driven by factors outside of institutional and leadership control, and plan for various scenarios and possible realities in advance.
Master's or advanced/doctoral degree (or equivalent experience), in business or management, higher education administration or law. ITIL or IT service management training, depending on career goals and institutional requirements (see take action for more information).
The Chief Data Officer is the executive-level leader of the institution's data program, strategy, and infrastructure. They are typically responsible for developing and maintaining data assets that support both operational and strategic efforts, as well as data planning and policymaking processes within the institution.
The Vice President of Data Strategy is responsible for providing executive-level direction, management oversight, and strategic leadership of an institution's comprehensive data strategy. In some instances, they have direct leadership oversight for institutional research functions and oversight of the decentralized data and analysis functions.
The Vice President of Data Analytics is often working alongside or has a shared role in Data Strategy. They lead high-level vision, strategy and execution of effective data management and governance in alignment with an institutional mission. They often align data and analytics responsibilities with functional operations.
John O'Brien, EDUCAUSE CEO and President, talks with Mike Corn, CISO for the University of California San Diego, and Cheryl Washington, CISO, for the University of California Davis, about the increasing relevance of the Chief Information Security Officer role.
Rana Glasgal, Vice Provost for Data & Analytics at Northeastern University
Kate Hash, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Customer Experience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Many colleges and universities want to innovate. But are they ready to innovate? Watch this video on keeping pace with innovation.
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Complete this analytics capabilities institutional self-assessment to understand your capabilities in the areas of workforce, data governance, data management, leadership, and data-informed culture.
Seek an executive coach to support critical transitions. EDUCAUSE offers one-on-one career advice meetings at its annual conferences.
Look for opportunities to build relationships with data leaders outside of higher education by participating in leadership and networking programs.
Become a mentor through our Mentoring program and help provide guidance to data professionals looking for career support to get to the executive level.
You can still benefit as a mentee through selecting another executive-level professional as your mentor. Share strategic decision-making best practices, employee retention/recruitment techniques, and other lessons learned.
Be a part of advancing higher education through the use of information technology by becoming a governing member of the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors or a Special Advisory Body.
Serve on consortiums and nonprofit committees and boards. EDUCAUSE elects two members to its board every year. Learn more about the nominations process and how to apply.
Serve as a guest expert on panels and presentations to engage with, raise awareness, and better understand data needs of students, faculty, and other stakeholders.
Facilitate EDUCAUSE Institutes to stay connected and share knowledge. Find out more about being a faculty member at EDUCAUSE and how to apply.
Attend the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference to network with other professionals and share your learnings with others.
Attend trainings and conferences outside higher education such as the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit and the Chief Data Officer & Information Quality Symposium.
Seek higher education system events with organizations including the American Council on Education and the American Association of Colleges & Universities.
Read about how culture-focused leadership matters to successful data governance.
Read broadly about higher education and data in publications such as EDUCAUSE Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and others.
Under the general direction of the vice chancellor, president, and/or CIO, institutional executive-level positions are typically responsible for the development and delivery of a comprehensive, university-wide or district-wide information security and privacy program. These positions help inform and provide strategic guidance around information security to the CIO, the members of the institutional senior management team, the Board of Trustees, and the broader institutional community.
Advanced degree in computer science, information technology, or related field. CIPP/US, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CEH, GIAC, or equivalent certifications, depending on career goals and institutional expectations.
Institutional Executive Teaching and Learning include job titles such as Chief Online Learning Officer; Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs; and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs. These roles are typically positioned at the institutional or district level of the organization and are responsible for providing institution-wide leadership, supervision, guidance, and direction for all educational programs, faculty and staff, and instructional policies and procedures. They may also provide leadership and supervision for academic support services, including tutoring, testing and assessment, and library services.
PhD or EdD depending on career goals and institutional expectations.
Institutional executive-level positions in innovation include job titles such as chief learning and innovation officer, vice president for research and innovation, and vice president for strategy and innovation. Professionals in these positions work with other executives and provide leadership for institution-wide initiatives and strategy.
Master’s, MBA, or doctoral degree based on personal goals and institution’s expectations.
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Looking at info techas a career path can be intimidating, but many working in this field didn't start out with intentions to work in cybersecurity. In this podcast, we ask several higher education cybersecurity professionals how they would encourage others to consider cybersecurity as a career option.
Shawn Miller, Associate Provost for Digital Learning and Strategy at Rice University.
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Throughout and beyond your career, consider ways to keep contributing and providing thought leadership to the profession. As the data profession in higher education continues to mature and evolve, leaders have the opportunity to mentor others, to give back through sharing knowledge and experience, and to more broadly contribute to the advancement of higher education.
Look for opportunities to advocate for higher education with data leaders outside of the profession by participating in data-focused learning events.
Engage in mentoring within and beyond your own institution.
Join the Data Governance, Student Success, Higher Education Chief Data Officers (HE-CDO), or the Developing and Executing Data Strategy Community Groups that bring together data professionals and others from across the higher education community.
Engage in consulting and coaching to advance the higher education data profession broadly and across institutions.
Attend trainings and conferences such as ACE, NACUBO, EAB, Gartner, and others.
Embrace education around data by engaging with departmental faculty and students to create capstone projects, internships, and other learning opportunities.
Get involved with grant applications and additional funding avenues with faculty, students, and others to advance the institution.
Position yourself and your leadership to advance the broad mission of higher education within and beyond your institution.
Serve as faculty for the EDUCAUSE Institutes and other programs to stay connected and share knowledge. Find out more about being a faculty member for EDUCAUSE and how to apply.
Interested in tackling the most critical issues in higher education? The EDUCAUSE Executive Leaders Academy a hybrid, cohort-based, immersive, and applied learning experience for higher education executive leaders or those actively seeking executive positions.
Attend the Leadership Series, events for higher education emerging, senior, and executive leaders on significant topics.
Consider learning another discipline within the higher education sector to broaden your skills and perspective within and beyond your current data understanding.
Engage in learning how data is impacting and being used in other industries to bring innovative and best practices to higher education.
