Faculty and academic leaders are moving to set classroom norms for AI while the sector braces for the next wave: agentic artificial intelligence. Surveys and campus initiatives show faculty—not central admin—are currently leading conversations on acceptable AI use, setting expectations and asking students to disclose prompts or processes. At the same time, thought pieces and policy briefs are urging universities to plan for agentic systems that autonomously manage projects, which will require governance frameworks, academic integrity updates and curriculum redesign. Higher‑education professionals must prepare layered responses: immediate guidance on generative AI use, investments in faculty development on prompt literacy, and institutional roadmaps for autonomous agents that may affect assessment, supervision and learning outcomes. Universities that move early to define transparency requirements, evidence standards and slop‑detection metrics will be better positioned to safeguard quality while integrating AI at scale. Provosts, faculty senates and instructional‑design teams should convene cross‑campus AI task forces to align pedagogy, assessment, and research‑ethics policies with a rapidly changing technological landscape.