Higher education institutions are increasing protections against deepfakes as AI-generated audio and video blur lines between cybercrime, fraud, misinformation, and student harm. Campus concerns include impersonation of university leaders to manipulate employees into transferring funds and using social engineering to steal credentials. The report also flags growing harassment and reputational risks for students and faculty, where manipulated media can be used to discredit individuals or spread false claims within institutional communities. For higher education IT and risk leaders, the headline problem is trust at scale: when identity can be forged convincingly, campuses need stronger verification workflows for financial and credential actions, as well as communications playbooks to respond to misinformation. The threat environment suggests a continued shift from purely technical defenses toward governance controls, identity verification, and staff training focused on high-risk interactions.