Responsible Adoption of Generative AI in Higher Education: Developing a "Points to Consider" Approach Based on Faculty Perspectives

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Main Authors: Dotan, Ravit, Parker, Lisa S., Radzilowicz, John G.
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Published: 2024
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author Dotan, Ravit
Parker, Lisa S.
Radzilowicz, John G.
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Parker, Lisa S.
Radzilowicz, John G.
contents This paper proposes an approach to the responsible adoption of generative AI in higher education, employing a ''points to consider'' approach that is sensitive to the goals, values, and structural features of higher education. Higher education's ethos of collaborative faculty governance, pedagogical and research goals, and embrace of academic freedom conflict, the paper argues, with centralized top down approaches to governing AI that are common in the private sector. The paper is based on a semester long effort at the University of Pittsburgh which gathered and organized perspectives on generative AI in higher education through a collaborative, iterative, interdisciplinary process that included recurring group discussions, three standalone focus groups, and an informal survey. The paper presents insights drawn from this effort that give rise to the ''points to consider'' approach the paper develops. These insights include the benefits and risks of potential uses of generative AI In higher education, as well as barriers to its adoption, and culminate in the six normative points to consider when adopting and governing generative AI in institutions of higher education.
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spellingShingle Responsible Adoption of Generative AI in Higher Education: Developing a "Points to Consider" Approach Based on Faculty Perspectives
Dotan, Ravit
Parker, Lisa S.
Radzilowicz, John G.
Computers and Society
This paper proposes an approach to the responsible adoption of generative AI in higher education, employing a ''points to consider'' approach that is sensitive to the goals, values, and structural features of higher education. Higher education's ethos of collaborative faculty governance, pedagogical and research goals, and embrace of academic freedom conflict, the paper argues, with centralized top down approaches to governing AI that are common in the private sector. The paper is based on a semester long effort at the University of Pittsburgh which gathered and organized perspectives on generative AI in higher education through a collaborative, iterative, interdisciplinary process that included recurring group discussions, three standalone focus groups, and an informal survey. The paper presents insights drawn from this effort that give rise to the ''points to consider'' approach the paper develops. These insights include the benefits and risks of potential uses of generative AI In higher education, as well as barriers to its adoption, and culminate in the six normative points to consider when adopting and governing generative AI in institutions of higher education.
title Responsible Adoption of Generative AI in Higher Education: Developing a "Points to Consider" Approach Based on Faculty Perspectives
topic Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01930