About HigherEd AI Current
HigherEd AI Current makes sense of AI’s impact on higher education.
Artificial intelligence is changing higher education faster than institutions can comfortably absorb it. New tools, capabilities, policies, risks, and expectations are emerging continuously, often accompanied by as much hype as useful guidance.
HigherEd AI Current exists to help higher education professionals understand what is changing, why it matters, and what it means for their institutions and their work.
What We Cover
HigherEd AI Current explores artificial intelligence across the higher education enterprise, including:
Leadership and AI governance
Teaching, learning, and course design
Assessment and academic integrity
Faculty use of AI
Student AI literacy and responsible use
Academic and institutional policy
AI risk, ethics, and accountability
Student success and support services
Workforce preparation and professional credentials
Emerging technologies, including agentic AI
The future of colleges, universities, and academic work
The goal is not to promote every new AI tool or react to every headline. It is to separate meaningful developments from the noise and examine their practical implications for higher education.
Who HigherEd AI Current is For
HigherEd AI Current is written for people who are helping higher education navigate the age of AI, including:
Presidents, provosts, deans, department chairs, and other academic leaders
Faculty and instructional professionals
Academic technology and instructional design professionals
Student success, advising, career services, and support professionals
AI governance, policy, compliance, and risk leaders
Higher education professionals seeking to understand how AI is changing their field
You do not need to be an AI specialist. The emphasis is on clear explanation, practical interpretation, and informed decision-making.
What to Expect
HigherEd AI Current combines analysis, commentary, research, and practical perspectives on the developments shaping higher education.
Some pieces will examine major emerging issues. Others will unpack a specific technology, policy question, governance challenge, or institutional decision. Content may also accompany episodes of the HigherEd AI Current YouTube channel, providing additional context, sources, or analysis.
There is no artificial daily or weekly publishing schedule. New content will be published when there is something useful and timely to contribute.
About Dr. Edward D Lavieri Jr.
HigherEd AI Current is created by Dr. Edward D. Lavieri Jr., a higher education executive, author, technologist, and AI governance practitioner.
Dr. Lavieri serves as a University System Dean and Campus Chief Academic Officer and leads AI and academic technology governance initiatives in higher education. His work spans academic leadership, technology, artificial intelligence, curriculum and program development, institutional governance, and workforce preparation.
He is the author of numerous technology and higher education books, including Higher Education: The AI Imperative: Leadership, Governance, and Academic Responsibility in an Intelligent Age.
He is also the founder of BlueCert®, which offers 54 AI-related industry certifications across nine certification domains, and BlueCert® Institute, which develops professional learning focused on artificial intelligence, higher education, governance, teaching, leadership, and student success.
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