Brief: AI’s Threats and Opportunities

AI is reshaping higher education, bringing real risks to mission, equity, and more alongside opportunities to improve student support and institutional effectiveness. This brief helps leaders clearly weigh both sides and make more intentional adoption decisions.

AI is no longer an emerging technology at the margins, but reshaping how colleges and universities operate, teach, and serve students. Leaders recognize that AI will become increasingly pervasive in higher education. This creates a dual imperative: institutions must grapple with the threats AI poses to their institutions and the mission of higher education, while also seizing the opportunities to reimagine student learning, services, and institutional effectiveness.