Saravanan Subbarayan

And yet, for many presidents, provosts and chief academic officers standing at the podium this month, a central question remains: Are we leveraging AI effectively to both empower students and evolve how our institutions operate? This is both the challenge and the opportunity facing higher education, as headlines increasingly reflect parents and students questioning whether college is financially worth it.

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Similar to other sectors, higher education leaders are grappling with both the promise and uncertainty that GenAI represents. Questions that not long ago centered on "what is this technology" have evolved to questions focused on the "how." How can we maximize the value from this technology? How can we use it to advance effective enrollment or student success? How can we ensure we have the right approach and talent necessary to implement our GenAI agenda?