Artificial intelligence has embedded itself in higher education internationally. Instructure’s (2026) US survey of 1,125 teachers, higher education students, and K–12 parents and guardians reported at least 90 percent of higher education students used AI at least occasionally. Similarly, the Student Generative AI survey (Stephenson & Armstrong, 2026) found that use among 1,054 full-time undergraduate students in the UK is universal, with 94 percent of students reporting the use of AI for assessed work.
Expertise, Credentials, and the Value of the University
It seems we can’t trust our own credentials or those that we provide to our students. Or perhaps it would be better to say that we have so much confidence
Constance C. Relihan
May 18, 2026
