Faculty attitudes toward AI fall into four profiles—optimistic, critical, critically reflective, and neutral—and optimistic faculty with high AI self-efficacy are more likely to adopt AI¶
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q2 i? Mah and Groß (2024) identified four distinct faculty profiles regarding AI: optimistic, critical, critically reflective, and neutral. → profiles
q2 i? Optimistic faculty with high AI self-efficacy are more likely to adopt AI in their courses. → profiles
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Jacob, S., Miceli, H., & Schneider, H. (2026, May). Landscape of emerging technologies in higher education: A review. Digital Promise & The American Association of Colleges & Universities. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/293
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The review reports, citing Mah and Groß (2024), that faculty views range "from enthusiastic optimism to cautious skepticism" and that "optimistic faculty with high AI self-efficacy are more likely to adopt AI in their courses." No effect size is printed.
"Mah and Groß (2024) identified four distinct faculty profiles regarding AI: optimistic, critical, critically reflective, and neutral. Optimists see high potential in AI and tend to experiment with new tools, whereas critical faculty worry about downsides (e.g., academic integrity, dehumanization of teaching)."
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Faculty attitudes toward AI fall into four profiles—optimistic, critical, critically reflective, and neutral—and optimistic faculty with high AI self-efficacy are more likely to adopt AI |
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Faculty attitudes toward AI fall into four profiles—optimistic, critical, critically reflective, and neutral—and optimistic faculty with high AI self-efficacy are more likely to adopt AI |
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