Why higher ed’s AI transition is facing a reality check

It is no longer news that students are using artificial intelligence (AI) as a round-the-clock tutor. What is news — and what a recent EY-Parthenon and FICCI report shows — is how ill-equipped higher education institutions are to handle this shift. Titled ‘From AI Adoption to Readiness: Preparing Indian Higher Education for the AI era’, the report, released last week, says that while AI is rapidly becoming a core part of how students learn, research, write, and prepare for work, higher education institutions are struggling to keep pace with the scale and speed of adoption.