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Title: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

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dc:title Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
dc:creator Sencer Yeralan
dc:subject artificial intelligence in higher education;university futures;Academic labor;Knowledge equity;Institutional governance;Ethics of educational technology
dc:description Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in the everyday practices of higher education, shaping assessment, governance, labor, and institutional legitimacy. Rather than presenting a technical guide or policy checklist, this volume instead offers a reflective, multi-voiced examination of what AI means for higher education’s purpose, identity, and future. Its phenomenological grounding shifts the focus from operational questions of implementation to deeper inquiries into how AI reshapes institutions, knowledge, and the academic self. 
 
Drawing on historical and critical perspectives, the book interrogates AI as both mirror and accelerant of long-standing challenges: inequity, market-driven logics, and the erosion of slow, critical learning. Spanning geopolitical contexts and institutional types, it embraces pluralism over consensus, showing that AI will not transform all universities in the same way. Narrative interludes humanize these themes, revealing the anxieties, ambiguities, and hopes of those living through this transition. 
 
Building on the work of Richard Heller on the distributed university and knowledge equity, the book situates AI within broader structural issues such as corporatised knowledge economies, managerialism, and unequal access to educational and research opportunities. At the same time, it highlights emerging possibilities―from open educational resources and equitable research practices to decentralised digital infrastructures―that can contribute to more ethical and resilient institutional arrangements. 
 
Neither prescriptive nor simplistic, this book is intended as a catalyst for leaders, policymakers, and reflective practitioners seeking to navigate AI with wisdom rather than haste. It argues that the future of higher education will be shaped less by technological sophistication than by the clarity with which institutions articulate their values, responsibilities, and commitments to the public good.
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  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Editorial Note
  6. Contributors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Prelude: Thoughts at the Top Dead Center
  9. I. FOUNDATIONS AND FRAMES
  10. 1. Historical and Philosophical Context
  11. 2. The Ideals We Left Behind: From Bildung to the Market
  12. 3. Technological Disruption and Platformization in Higher Education
  13. Interlude I: A Student’s Whisper
  14. II. VOICES FROM THE FIELD
  15. 4. Ethical Frameworks and Institutional Responsibilities
  16. 5. Institutional Archetypes: Flagships, Regionals, Faith-based, Global, Online, and Instructorless
  17. Interlude II: A Minister’s Memo
  18. III. PATTERNS AND TENSIONS
  19. 6. Cross-cutting Themes and Divergences
  20. Interlude III: A Knock at the Door
  21. IV. COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES
  22. 7. Blind Spots, Frictions, and Unanticipated Consequences
  23. Interlude IV: Συνποιητής
  24. V. TOWARDS A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK
  25. 8. Between Logic and Meaning: Why Off-the-Shelf Ethics and Prediction Fail
  26. 9. From Reflection to Decision: The Missing Middle of AI Governance
  27. 10. Readiness, Resistance, and Renewal: A Typology of Institutional AI Response
  28. 11. Roadmaps for Policy and Practice
  29. VI. ENTANGLED FUTURES AND STRATEGIC REALITIES
  30. 12. Five Reflections for the Next Decade
  31. 13. Entangled Futures: AI, Education, and the Systemic Web
  32. 14. The Realpolitik of AI in Higher Education
  33. Appendix A: How Generative AI Works
  34. Appendix B: Empirical Anchors: AI, Assessment, and Institutional Response (2023–2025)
  35. Bibliography
  36. Index
  37. About the Team
  38. This book need not end here…
  39. You may also be interested in:

Headings Outline

  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
  • Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
    • A Phenomenological View
      • Edited by Sencer Yeralan
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Editorial Note on Scope and Representation
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prelude
    • Thoughts at the Top Dead Center
  • Foundations and Frames
  • 1. Historical and Philosophical Context
    • What Do We Mean by Artificial Intelligence?
    • Demystifying Neural Networks and Emergent Intelligence
    • From Symbolic AI to Machine Learning
    • On Emergence and Anthropomorphism
  • 2. The Ideals We Left Behind: From Bildung to the Market
    • The Humboldtian Vision
    • The Neoliberal Turn
    • STEM, Skills, and the Quantification of Thought
    • The Cultural Response: Dark Academia and Longing
    • Consequences for AI in Education
    • A Quiet Insistence
  • 3. Technological Disruption and Platformization in Higher Education
    • From Content to Infrastructure
    • A Return to Institutional Purpose
  • Interlude I
    • A Student’s Whisper
  • Voices from the Field
  • 4. Ethical Frameworks and Institutional Responsibilities
    • Agency, Autonomy, and Institutional Capacity
    • Incentives and the Risk of Misalignment
    • Transparency, Trust, and the Limits of Explainability
    • On Intuition, Opacity, and the Shared Limits of Knowing
    • Ethics as Institutional Praxis
    • Closing Reflection
  • 5. Institutional Archetypes: Flagships, Regionals, Faith-based, Global, Online, and Instructorless
    • Flagship Research Universities
    • Regional Public Universities
    • Faith-Based Institutions
    • Global and Transnational Universities
    • Fully Online Institutions
    • Instructorless or Automated Models
  • Interlude II
    • A Minister’s Memo
  • Patterns and Tensions
  • 6. Cross-cutting Themes and Divergences
    • Voices in Divergence
    • Geopolitical Imbalance: The Aka View
    • Cognitive Drift: The Baker View
    • A View from the Crossroads: The Branković View
    • Entrepreneurship: The Gegeshidze View
    • Framing the Unknown: The Lee View
    • Beyond the Bonfire of AI: The Michalakelis View
    • Acceleration for Equity: The Nthangeni View
    • The Broken Promise: The Staiou View
    • Shared Craft: The Yeralan View
  • Interlude III
    • A Knock at the Door
  • Comparative Case Studies
  • 7. Blind Spots, Frictions, and Unanticipated Consequences
    • Institutional Blind Spots
    • Operational Frictions
    • Unanticipated Consequences
    • The Value of Reflexivity
  • Interlude IV
    • Συνποιητής
  • Toward a Global Framework
  • 8. Between Logic and Meaning: Why Off-the-Shelf Ethics and Prediction Fail
    • Prelude: The Philosophical Medallion
    • Face One: Logic and Precision – The Analytic Tradition
    • Face Two: Meaning and Situatedness – The Continental Tradition
    • A System with Two Operating Logics
    • AI as Mirror, Trickster, and Talisman
      • AI as Mirror
      • AI as Trickster
      • AI as Talisman
    • Toward a Philosophy-Aware AI Governance
    • Coda: Improvisation as Practice
  • 9. From Reflection to Decision: The Missing Middle of AI Governance
    • Prelude: The Institutional Gap
    • From Epistemic Insight to Institutional Action
    • Roles Without Titles
    • Committees as Decision Functions
    • Decision Points and Irreversibility
      • Assessment
      • Procurement
      • Data
    • Escalation as a Measure of Maturity
    • Trade-offs, Risks, and Guardrails
    • Coda: Judgment Under Constraint
  • 10. Readiness, Resistance, and Renewal: A Typology of Institutional AI Response
    • The AI-Forward Institution
    • The Cautiously Engaged Institution
    • The Institution on the Sidelines
    • The Institution in Contradiction
    • Conclusion: Readiness as Reflexivity
  • 11. Roadmaps for Policy and Practice
    • Affirm Core Values
    • Build Institutional Literacy
    • Invest in Adaptive Governance
    • Prototype and Pilot
    • Recognize Structural Constraints
    • Conclusion: Roadmaps as Conversations
  • Entangled Futures and Strategic Realities
  • 12. Five Reflections for the Next Decade
    • Expect Generative AI to Become Unremarkable
    • Plan for Inequity, Not Just Innovation
    • Build Capacity for Interpretation, Not Just Compliance
    • Treat AI Policy as Educational Practice
    • Insist on the Long View
  • 13. Entangled Futures: AI, Education, and the Systemic Web
    • No System Is an Island
    • The Skillful Citizen or the Thinking Worker?
    • Techno-Authoritarian Drift and Its Educational Implications
    • Digital Sovereignty and the Rise of Local AI
    • Possible Futures: A Scenario Map
  • 14. The Realpolitik of AI in Higher Education
    • Pandora’s Jar and the Illusion of Control
    • From Rhetoric to Reality: Institutional Postures
    • Geopolitics and Market Dynamics
    • Strategic Ambiguity and Regulatory Lag
    • A Call for Strategic Foresight
  • Appendix A: How Generative AI Works
    • Observation and Modelling
    • From Fitting to Generating
    • Scaling Up the Model
    • Training and Teaching
    • Inference and Cost
    • Conceptually Rather Simple, Technologically a Moonshot
  • Appendix B: Empirical Anchors: AI, Assessment, and Institutional Response (2023–2025)
    • Purpose and Scope
    • AI and Academic Integrity
    • Assessment Redesign and the Limits of AI-Detection
    • Learning Impacts and Overreliance
    • AI Literacy and Institutional Readiness
    • Governance and International Guidance
    • Synthesis and Limits
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Team
  • This book need not end here…
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