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title: Universities Cannot Run Away from AI (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
date: 2025-11-18T00:00:00-05:00
author: Bradley Bower
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# Universities Cannot Run Away from AI (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

*November 18, 2025* — by Bradley Bower
> Provost Jennifer King Rice discusses the necessity of AI in higher education. 

Provost Jennifer King Rice discusses the necessity of AI in higher education.


> Universities should approach AI in instruction with two goals in mind: integrating AI into the classroom so students develop the skills and knowledge they need to enter an AI-infused workforce successfully; and developing, evaluating, and refining AI tools that support and enhance student learning, rather than disrupt it.

- [Read More in the Chronicle of Higher Education](https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/letters/universities-cannot-run-away-from-ai)