Insufficiently Uncomfortable: AI-Native Students Meet a Glacial Higher Education Industry

09/25/2025

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Danny Bielik

Daniel A. Bielik

President

Digital Education Council

This session will present insights from the Digital Education Council (DEC) AI Literacy Framework, the DEC AI Governance Framework, and their world-leading AI Surveys.

It will explore how universities can embed these capabilities into their systems to ensure adaptability, equity, and responsible AI adoption.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the core principles of the DEC AI Literacy and AI Governance Frameworks, and how they apply to higher education institutions.
  • Identify practical strategies to embed AI capabilities across teaching, administration, and policy to support institutional adaptability and equity.
  • Evaluate how insights from global AI surveys can inform responsible, system-wide AI adoption in diverse educational contexts.