Prosci + EDUCAUSE
Partnering to Advance Change in Higher Education
Driving change is never easy, especially at universities where tradition and legacy are a point of pride. Prosci preserves prestige in higher education, separating culture from outdated processes. Our team gives you the tools to reach new levels of operational excellence.
Earn the Most Recognized Change Management Credential
Apply Research-Backed Methods to Your Active Projects
Access Ongoing Tools and a Global Practitioner Community

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Exclusive Certification Opportunity for Higher Education Technology Leaders

Transform Your Digital Initiatives with Prosci's Change Management Certification Program for Higher Education.
The Prosci Change Management Certification program equips you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to drive successful adoption of critical digital initiatives. This immersive three-day experience is specifically tailored to address the unique change challenges facing educational institutions and taught by instructors who've worked in higher education.
These sessions are only available to EDUCAUSE members.
Program Benefits
Earn the Most Recognized Change Management Credential
Join over 150,000 certified practitioners worldwide by earning the industry's most respected change management certification. Distinguish yourself in the marketplace while gaining the confidence and credibility to lead change initiatives effectively.
Apply Research-Backed Methods to Your Active Projects
Work directly on your real-world change initiatives using Prosci's proven methodology and ADKAR® Model. Develop customized deliverables you can implement immediately to drive change success in your organization.
Access Ongoing Tools and a Global Practitioner Community
Receive a one-year subscription to Prosci's digital Hub Solution Suite and join an active network of change professionals. Leverage these resources to enhance your practice, solve complex challenges, and continue growing your expertise long after certification.
Ready To Empower Your Institution to Thrive and Succeed Through Change?
Prosci's proven approach addresses common change challenges by focusing on the people side of change—turning potential resistance into engagement and transforming implementation risks into strategic advantages.
Higher education institutions face unprecedented technological change—from AI integration and hybrid learning environments to cybersecurity threats and evolving student expectations. Yet implementing these technologies successfully presents unique challenges in academic settings:
- Complex stakeholder environments with faculty, administration, and student constituencies
- Decentralized decision-making across academic departments
- Budget constraints amid rising technology costs
- Balancing innovation with academic traditions
- Maintaining cybersecurity while promoting accessibility
Prosci equips technology leaders to overcome these challenges, helping you achieve measurable ROI, build institutional change capability, and accelerate digital transformation timelines.

Meet Prosci's Higher Education Change Experts
Our Executive Instructors bring a powerful combination of academic expertise and practical change management experience to your institution's digital transformation journey. These specialists have led critical technology initiatives across prestigious universities, combining Prosci's proven methodology with deep understanding of higher education's unique governance structures, stakeholder dynamics, and institutional cultures.
Having navigated complex change in environments from traditional campuses to online learning pioneers, our experts understand the delicate balance between innovation and academic tradition. They provide contextual guidance that addresses the specific challenges technology leaders face when implementing change in higher education settings.
Explore Our Featured Resources for Higher Education

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Managing Disruptive Changes in Higher Education
What happens if you install a new LMS that students and faculty refuse to adopt and use? What if employees in finance develop a manual workaround for the new multi-million-dollar ERP system? Any significant, high-risk change that depends on people adopting and using it needs effective change management to be successful. Because institutions don’t change—people do.

Webinar
Boosting Higher Ed Project Success with the Prosci Methodology
Hear from change leaders from three institutions to learn about their change journeys and the benefits of change management for their projects and institutions. Learn how they developed lasting organizational change capabilities and leave with insights and practical tips for enhancing adoption and readiness in your change initiatives.

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Empower and Drive Change Management in Higher Education
Research consistently supports the need to align leadership approaches with the unique needs of faculty, staff and students to achieve success. But, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, universities and colleges face challenges on a much larger scale.
Start Your Change Management Journey. Book a Meeting with Prosci to Discuss Your Unique Situation.
Connect with our higher education specialists to discuss how Prosci's methodology can support your institution's digital transformation efforts.
