Beyond the AI Arms Race: A Responsible Path Forward

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1/27/2026 2:30 PM

1/27/2026 3:30 PM

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Format: Online

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Program Type: Webinar

Webinars are free, 30- to 90-minute virtual events. ACE experts, campus leaders, and other voices from within and beyond higher education discuss critical questions and promising practices around a timely topic. Registrants have the opportunity to share their questions during the live event and to access the recording afterward.

​About the Webinar

Higher education leaders face a critical choice: continue the unwinnable technology arms race around artificial intelligence (AI) or pivot toward a sustainable model focused on supporting and validating learning. While 91 percent of respondents to the American Council on Education’s (ACE) fall Pulse Point Survey agree that rigorous evidence of learning outcomes is influential in AI adoption, a post-ChatGPT deluge of detection-heavy, technology-first approaches has failed to prioritize students and their learning.

Join us on January 27 for a webinar exploring the current inflection point that institutions now face and the potential impact of a strategic pause.

Leveraging data from both the Pulse Point Survey and annual student well-being data from Studiosity and YouGov, this conversation will examine the shift from AI detection toward approaches that support and validate genuine student learning. Participants will leave with a blueprint for reducing risks to academic credentials when adopting AI and ensuring graduates remain valued by employers and the public as thinkers—not merely operators of AI tools.

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