The Real AI Divide in Higher Education: Institutional Readiness, Not Access to Tools
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Ria Sidhu, Omkar Dastane
Summary
Two academics from the UK and Malaysia argue that the emerging AI divide in higher education is not about unequal access to technology tools, but about institutional readiness and capacity to integrate AI meaningfully. They contend this subtler divide is an urgent equity issue that policymakers can no longer ignore, as AI enters classrooms in uneven and sometimes contradictory ways across different institutional contexts.
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bskyThe Real AI Divide in Higher Education: Institutional Readiness, Not Access to Toolssocietyandai.orgKey quotes
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What we observe is not simply a divide in access to technology. It is something subtler and, we would argue, more consequential: a divide in institutional readiness.
This is an urgent equity issue policymakers can no longer afford to ignore.
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