Expert panelists overwhelmingly favor a hybrid governance model combining formal policies and flexible guidelines for GenAI in higher education¶

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q2 i? A large majority (88%) of an international expert panel concluded that effective GenAI implementation in higher education requires a combination of formal policies and flexible guidelines rather than one form of governance alone. → Crompton 2026

Evidence¶

Crompton 2026¶

Crompton, H., Burke, D., Nickel, C., Bozkurt, A., Miao, F., Sharples, M., Greene, J. A., Parsons, D., Gill-Simmen, L., Edmett, A., Pegrum, M., de Waard, I., Bonk, C. J., Garcia, M. B., Curry, J. H., Lindsey, L., Yang, M., Marshall, S., Bali, M., Deutsch, N., le Roux, S., Benali, M., Bin Samsudin, M. A., Tinmaz, H., Bernacki, M. L., van Wyk, M., Singh, L., Chigona, A., Eaton, L., Xiao, J., Velander, J., Kim, J., Bellas, F., Rajalakshmi, R., de Bem Machado, A., Palalas, A., & Yu, S. (2026). Governing generative AI in higher education: a global Delphi study on policy and practice. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 23(21). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-026-00602-z

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Delphi consensus finding from Phase 1 open-ended responses of a 35-member international expert panel. The article reports that "The majority of the panelists (88%)" favored combining formal policies with flexible guidelines; only four panelists favored guidelines alone and none advocated policies alone.

"The majority of the panelists (88%) indicated that effective GenAI implementation in HE requires a combination of formal policies and flexible guidelines, rather than prioritizing one form of governance."

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