As AI use becomes routine in higher education and the workplace, institutions that expel students for using AI are likely punishing themselves in the long run. Instead, they should teach students to become effective and responsible users of the technologies their future employers will expect them to know. With higher education teetering on the edge of an enrollment cliff, colleges and universities should embrace AI or risk losing students and scholars to institutions taking a more proactive view of these transformative technologies. Building an AI-forward campus culture begins with AI literacy. Results from a new research study suggest that in an academic setting, students unfamiliar with AI might be more likely to become overly reliant on it.
