Ethical, financial, and infrastructural barriers significantly constrain the long-term sustainability of AI-driven educational transformation in higher education¶
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q2 i? Ethical, financial, and infrastructural barriers significantly constrain long-term sustainability of AI-driven transformation. → Nyamboga TO 2026
Evidence¶
Nyamboga TO 2026¶
Nyamboga TO (2026) From digital transformation to intelligent classrooms: artificial intelligence, adaptive leadership, and service delivery in global higher education—a systematic literature review. Front. Educ. 11:1899369. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1899369
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Thematic synthesis finding across the 155 included studies in the barriers/sustainability domain. The review assigns lower certainty to sustainability and ethical governance "due to limited longitudinal and empirical evidence." The synthesis states that "Ethical, financial, and infrastructural barriers significantly constrain long-term sustainability."
"Ethical, financial, and infrastructural barriers significantly constrain long-term sustainability."
Discussion¶
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Ethical, financial, and infrastructural barriers significantly constrain the long-term sustainability of AI-driven educational transformation in higher education |
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Ethical, financial, and infrastructural barriers significantly constrain the long-term sustainability of AI-driven educational transformation in higher education |
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2026 |
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2031 |
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