AI . . . Friend or Foe?
Effectively navigating the promises and perils of AI requires a careful evaluation of institutional preparedness, a clear set of objectives, and a policy framework to facilitate progress.
Assess Current Conditions
A vital part of making the most of generative AI is understanding the status of strategy, capacity, and infrastructure at your institution.
Use the Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment to take this critical step at your college or university.
Psst! The EDUCAUSE Leadership Series | Exploring Artificial Intelligence Use Cases, Applications, and Initiatives in Higher Education taking place in October 2024 can help you and your team closely examine your peers' diverse applications of agentic, generative, and embedded AI. Don't miss it!
Explore Opportunities
Implemented mindfully, generative AI can advance institutional missions surrounding accessibility and inclusion across disciplines.
The EDUCAUSE Review article “Leveraging Generative AI for Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education” helps you develop inclusive practices for your institution.
Psst! The EDUCAUSE Learning Lab | Leveraging Generative AI in Higher Education: Practical Applications taking place in September 2024 offers hands-on activities and real-world case studies on how to deconstruct AI tools and build your own. Sign up today!
Build the Environment
Avoiding the hazards of generative AI requires establishing explicit practices and policies to support and promote the adoption and responsible use of this groundbreaking technology.
The 2024 EDUCAUSE Action Plan: AI Policies and Guidelines provides a framework for you to begin establishing effective AI policies and guidelines over the next two years.
Psst! The EDUCAUSE Leadership Series | AI Policies and Ethics: Leadership Considerations, Implementations, and Roadblocks at the Institutional Level taking place in January 2025 is a three-week deep dive into these key issues and challenges. Reserve your spot and save the date!
Showcase Webinar
Join us on August 27 for the Showcase Webinar | AI…Friend or Foe? to hear from institutional and industry leaders as they navigate challenges and opportunities related to artificial intelligence.
Navigating the promises and perils of AI doesn’t stop here. Continue on to find additional resources and insights from your peers, industry experts, and EDUCAUSE.
Hear from the Community and Analysts
Hype Cycle for Generative AI, 2024Footnote1
Feed Your Curiosity
Hear from Your Peers in EDUCAUSE Review
- Jonathan Band and Cliff Lynch, “AI and Copyright: 3 Key Issues” [video], EDUCAUSE Review
- Courtney Plotts and Lorna Gonzalez, “Creating a Culture Around AI Thoughts and Decision Making,” EDUCAUSE Review
- Berlin Fang and Kim Broussard, “Augmented Course Design: Using AI to Boost Efficiency and Expand Capacity,” EDUCAUSE Review
- Dan Sarofian-Butin, “At the Crossroads of Innovation: Embracing AI to Foster Deep Learning in the College Classroom,” EDUCAUSE Review
- John O’Brien and Paul LeBlanc, “AI: Friend or Foe?” [EDUCAUSE Shop Talk podcast] EDUCAUSE Review
Dive into the Research
Attend Professional Learning Events
- EDUCAUSE Executive Leaders Academy 2024/2025
- Learning Lab | Delivering Project Results – Change Management for Those Overseeing, Leading, or Managing Projects – September 2024
- 2024 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
Continue the Conversation in Community Groups
Bookmark EDUCAUSE Library Pages
Check Out What Your Peers are Doing
"Florida State University's strategy for AI focuses on applicable use cases, emphasizing its role of enabling learning and spearheading impactful initiatives that truly move the needle. Two examples underway measure employee engagement and workforce readiness. We're adjusting our tactics in real time through the power of AI to better reach our goals. Another example of our focus involves a pilot project around data analytics. We put our AI model up against several data scientists. The traditional methods produced the analysis of the data after two weeks. The AI used the same dataset and produced even more detailed results in just minutes. How could we use this additional time saved? How could that impact our university and community even more positively? This is where AI has the potential to be a beneficial resource in maximizing our ability to speed up decision-making and analysis and even reduce the mundane tasks so we can focus on what really matters." —Jonathan Fozard
Like this Solution Spotlight? Visit the EDUCAUSE Top 10 Solution Spotlights for more stories of how institutions are tackling workforce challenges in higher education.
Don’t miss the next Showcase.
We hope this Showcase will empower you to address the quickly changing conversations surrounding artificial intelligence. Next up, we’ll consider planning for what lies ahead in the Adapting to the Future Showcase Showcase launching December 2.
Note
- Gartner, Hype Cycle for Generative AI, July, 2024 by Arun Chandrasekaran, Leinar Ramos
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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