The Professor's Role in an AI-Dominated Classroom in Higher Education

This chapter explores the evolving role of professors in higher education as classrooms increasingly lean on artificial intelligence. While AI tools promise efficiency, personalization, and accessibility, they also risk diminishing the professor's central role as mentor, guide, and moral compass. The text reflects on how faculty can reposition themselves not as dispensable transmitters of information but as interpreters of meaning, cultivators of critical thinking, and guardians of academic inte