Only a minority of higher-education institutions have formal AI policies, prompting calls for governance to manage academic integrity, data privacy, and procurement. An overview of AI governance in education shows institutions must define policy, procedures and ethical guardrails; Columbia vice dean Matthew Connelly and other administrators express skepticism about rapid adoption, warning of shifts in student behavior and academic standards. The combination of limited policy adoption and rising campus use spotlights an urgent governance gap for provosts and boards.