KPMG Experts Outline 4 Main Approaches to AI in Higher Ed

Government Technology News

Abby Sourwine

December 10, 2024

Once regarded as a potential threat to academic integrity and institutional missions, generative artificial intelligence has become a strategic ally to many higher education institutions, according to two experts at the professional services company KPMG — but not all organizations view this allyship the same way.

In a webinar last week, Saravanan Subbarayan and David Gagnon defined four ways higher education institutions are approaching AI integration: as trailblazers, synergists, mavericks or stragglers.

“It’s a mosaic of factors, ranging from technological advancements to necessity, that is driving the shift in higher education institutions moving beyond their initial fear of AI,” Subbarayan later wrote in an email to Government Technology. “Whereas a few years ago institutions were questioning the need, now several of them are asking themselves ‘what can we can do to ensure we utilize this capability to the benefit of our students?’”

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