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The AI Compliance Gap Is Moving From the Classroom to the Data Pipeline

As colleges route student data through AI tools for advising and administration, FERPA and state privacy laws expose a vendor accountability gap that conduct policies don't touch.

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Who Owns the AI Policy on Your Campus?

Three governance models for campus AI policy expose the same gap: no named accountable owner for tool approval and student data handling.

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Community Colleges Are Solving the Wrong AI Decision First

The AI decision campuses are behind on is not curriculum design but whether vendor data practices can survive a FERPA audit.

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Florida's AI Mandate Exposes the Governance Gap Colleges Have Been Papering Over

Florida now requires every state college and school district to adopt AI policy by 2027, revealing how uneven and incomplete campus-level AI governance still is.