Sunday, 27 July 2025

Navigating the Future of Higher Education: AI Integration and Global Crisis Resilience | Chapter 13 | Crisis, AI and the Future of Higher Education

 

The global higher education landscape has undergone profound disruptions due to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, while simultaneously being reshaped by the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). This chapter synthesizes key findings on the transformative impact of global crises and artificial intelligence (AI) on higher education, employing a literature review method to critically examine research limitations and future directions. Empirical evidence from the literature reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted graduate education through declining academic engagement and research productivity, with notable gender and disciplinary disparities. Concurrently, AI has reshaped pedagogy through personalized learning and data-driven governance, yet raises ethical concerns regarding algorithmic bias, data privacy, and digital wellbeing. Despite these insights, the research faces limitations in geographic generalizability (primarily China-focused samples), short-term outcome measurement, and insufficient empirical validation of ethical AI frameworks. The chapter proposes three critical future research trajectories: (1) interdisciplinary studies integrating cognitive science and AI ethics to design wellbeing-centric tools, (2) global equity investigations addressing the AI accessibility divide, and (3) policy-research partnerships to develop standardised ethical guidelines. These directions aim to balance technological innovation with equitable, human-centred education systems in an era of disruption. Our study is framed within the theoretical perspectives of crisis resilience and technological disruption, aiming to provide valuable insights for diverse audiences, including researchers, policymakers, and educators.

 

Author(s) Details

Yuanyuan Shi
School of Teacher Education, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China.

 

Please see the link:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-81-990398-9-6/CH13

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