"In a very active and highly competitive environment, AI has grown at breakneck speed. As with so many technologies, business and industry have moved far faster than academe to embrace the cost savings, capability expanding and wholly innovative aspects of AI. Fraught with our own industry-specific challenges such as enrollment downturns, sharp drops in perceived value, the striking "math cliff" in higher ed and a rapidly changing regulatory policy shift in state and federal administration, our field has been cast into a sea of pressing priorities for changes."
"Yet, where these changes will take place within the field, how these changes will impact our higher education workforce and the extent to which we can change in time to meet our market demand by producing knowledgeable and skilled employees for the economy at large remains in question."
"To date, we have made significant progress in developing chatbot-hosted, transactional generative AI in which the user inputs questions and answers to the bot. One of the many high-quality examples is the Khan Academy's Khanmigo. These have been effective in hosting tutors, study apps, curricular design and much more."
AI has expanded rapidly in a highly competitive environment, with business and industry adopting capabilities faster than higher education. Higher education faces enrollment downturns, drops in perceived value, a pronounced "math cliff," and shifting state and federal regulatory policies that create urgent priorities. Institutions are likely to begin implementing institutionwide AI-powered solutions to increase agility and effectiveness. Uncertainty remains about where changes will occur, how the higher education workforce will be affected, and whether institutions can meet market demand for skilled graduates. Progress in chatbot-hosted transactional generative AI, exemplified by Khan Academy's Khanmigo, has supported tutoring, study apps, and curricular design, while AI agents continue to expand capabilities.
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