Higher education faces a growing divide between institutions that articulate comprehensive AI strategies and those that default to bans or ad‑hoc policies. Purdue’s coordinated AI vision, which aims for AI competency at graduation, is being held up as an early model; critics say most campuses remain mired in piecemeal plagiarism rules. At the classroom level, a Chronicle‑reported chatbot pilot aimed at teaching students how to disagree productively is receiving praise from some faculty for improving discussion skills. The combined developments underscore an urgent operational challenge for leaders: craft policy that preserves academic integrity while integrating generative AI into pedagogy and assessment, and invest in faculty development and detection‑resistant approaches that emphasize learning outcomes.