It’s Time for Greater Ed to Buckle Down About AI Method
- By Yolanda Watson Spiva
- 05/18/26
Three years after the general public release of ChatGPT, despite all the hue and cry about generative artificial intelligence damaging writing, interfering with class, and heralding the collapse of mentor and knowing as we understand it, the education sector simply can’t get enough of this technology.
< img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/5978/eof.cam&t=item%253daccc069e_dd7c_4654_aea9_d699b6f8e408%26pos%253dbox_c1%26Topic%253dOpinions_and_Expert_Commentary%252cArtificial_Intelligence%252cFeatures_and_Cover_Stories%252cCentral_IT%252cIT_Leadership%252cGenAI%252cARTICLE_TYPE%252cAUDIENCE&sz=300x250|640x481 & tile = 4 & c = 123456789" alt =""/ > A recent Microsoft report found that education has the highest AI use rate of any market, with nearly 9 in 10 education institutions worldwide reporting that trainees, instructors, and campus leaders are using generative AI. On college campuses in the United States, AI use has far outmatched efforts from policymakers and institutions to direct or control it. The most recent Educause study of college’s AI landscape discovered that fewer than 60% of organizations think about AI to be a tactical top priority and that less than 40% have policies on acceptable AI use.