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The Agentic Professor: Exploring GenAI-Supported Futures in Higher Education
"For centuries, higher education institutions have occupied a uniquely stable position in society. While technologies, from printing presses to the internet, have continually reshaped how colleges and universities operate, academic structures have remained remarkably resistant to transformation. Professors teach, evaluate, mentor, and certify; students study and progress through academic terms; credentials are awarded through processes deeply embedded in tradition. Today, agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is challenging that stability. In just a few years, AI has evolved from a novelty into a ubiquitous partner in writing, coding, designing, analyzing, simulating, and, increasingly, teaching."