Governance model shaped AIAS adoption: rapid central rollout generated momentum but curtailed reflection, while department-led adoption built ownership but fragmented strategy¶

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q2 i? A top-down institutional mandate produced momentum with weak faculty ownership, whereas bottom-up department-led adoption produced local ownership without institution-wide direction. → Perkins 2026

Evidence¶

Perkins 2026¶

Perkins, M., Postma, D., Roe, J., Sisay, S., & Holdcroft, C. (2026). 'A bit of chaos and madness': The AI Assessment Scale and the work of assessment reform. Preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26729 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.26729

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Theme 4 of the thematic analysis comparing the two sites. At the Vietnamese site staff felt the scale was released too early and served to protect institutional interests; at the UK site adoption was an internal departmental decision without university policy.

"Governance shaped adoption in distinct ways: a rapid rollout at I1 generated momentum but curtailed reflection and left limited time for faculty to understand the problem, while departmental leadership at I2 addressed policy gaps but left the strategy fragmented."

Discussion¶

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