Agentic AI in Higher Education: Transforming Research, Data, and Campus Administration

Is higher education fully tapping into the power of Artificial Intelligence? In this episode, Debbie sits down with IT executive Robert Miller to cut through the AI hype and explore "Agentic AI"—highly focused, specialized tools designed to solve specific campus challenges.

Robert explains why the future lies in Augmented Intelligence, not just artificial intelligence. Using real-world examples from university research to radiology, he breaks down how AI can amplify human expertise rather than replace it, and why the "Human in the Loop" is more critical than ever.

Key Takeaways:

• The "Secret Sauce" for Higher Ed: Moving beyond generalized chatbots to targeted Agentic AI.
• The Augmented Expert: How AI eliminates manual data coding so graduate students and faculty can focus on high-level analysis.
• Mitigating Risk: Why clean data and data professionals are essential to avoid the "Wild West" of unchecked AI adoption.