"It takes four years just to learn the role and then another couple of years to figure out what to do with it," James Birge says, who will soon retire from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
AI can enhance learning across disciplines. It can help students brainstorm and identify weaknesses in their writing. It can offer feedback on oral presentations and simulate debate.
Higher education leadership requires more than content knowledge or operational expertise. It calls for emotional intelligence, political savvy, narrative power and a deep well of self-awareness.