Download this FREE decision guide to see where AI is taking hold in higher education administration, how leaders are navigating it and what it means for campus staff.
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According to Inside Higher Ed's 2026 Survey of College and University Presidents of over 400 institutional presidents, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are now viewed as the most impactful force facing higher education by 2030, surpassing enrollment shifts, financial pressures and policy changes.
The newly published decision guide, "AI Adoption for Administrative Advantage," distils the findings and leadership perspectives from the presidents' survey into a resource that helps decision-makers identify realistic use cases and leadership takeaways around AI’s growing role in institutional decision-making and administrative processes.
Download the decision guide to learn:
- What areas AI is gaining the most traction in higher education administration
- Why AI literacy and data governance are both essential to responsible adoption
- How to position AI as a “force multiplier” for staff, not a replacement
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Number of Pages: 11 (2.31 MB PDF)
About the Author: Ben Upton is a freelance journalist based in Washington. He served as Times Higher Education’s Europe reporter between November 2021 and October 2023 and previously covered European research policy for Research Professional News. Before graduating from City, University of London’s journalism school in 2017, he worked in academic publishing and taught at a private university in Wuhan, China.
The decision guide was made possible in part by the financial support of Jenzabar.