Dr. James L. Norrie is a professor of law and cybersecurity and founding dean of the Graham School of Business at York College of Pennsylvania. He is a frequent media commentator, speaker and consultant to industry and the author of Beyond the Code: AI’s Promise, Peril, and Possibility for Humanity (Kendall Hunt, 2025). Contact: [email protected].
The class arriving this fall is not waiting for universities to decide whether AI belongs in higher education because, in their minds, that question has already been answered.
The issue is no longer simply whether colleges and universities are technologically capable or technically compliant. It is whether they are prepared for what comes next.
