Rethinking AI governance in higher education: From compliance to adaptive frameworks
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This article argues that higher education institutions are developing AI governance frameworks focused on compliance, risk management, and technology control, but these approaches are becoming insufficient as AI evolves from a controlled software tool to an abundant, continuously available intelligent system. The author contends that governance must shift from a compliance-centric model to one that addresses the fundamental changes AI brings to institutional operations, decision-making, and educational delivery.
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While this may have been adequate in the past, AI fundamentally changes the equation.
Institutions are no longer simply governing software platforms or isolated systems.
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