The AI Leadership Council for Education is a volunteer community dedicated to improving higher education through responsible and collaborative AI. This forward-thinking group of educators exists to share insights, set direction, and support institutions navigating AI.
Higher education isn't simply adopting AI. It's being asked to absorb a technology that moves faster than institutional governance and arrives unevenly, reaching well-resourced universities and under-resourced community colleges and rural districts very differently.
The council exists because the people best positioned to answer the hard questions like: "What is my role now?" and "What do students actually need to learn?" are the ones in the classroom and on campus.
Champion responsible, transparent, and equitable AI adoption across educational institutions — building frameworks that empower rather than restrict, and engaging directly with the hard questions institutions face today.
Sustainable in two senses: environmentally, through BoodleBox's dramatically smaller compute footprint, and institutionally, through adoption that outlasts a single champion, semester, or grant cycle — owned by the whole institution, not one department.
Make sure AI doesn't become another axis of inequality — with deliberate attention to under-resourced institutions, the K-12-to-workforce learning pipeline, and educators and students whose languages and contexts are too often an afterthought.
WHY JOIN
This works in both directions. You help lead the conversation, and you get a front-row view of where AI in higher education is headed.
Be known as a leader in AI and higher education.
Council members are featured on our site with a profile and an official council badge. You'll also have opportunities to be quoted, to co-author content, and to present, alongside colleagues from across higher education.
Tell us what you need before we build it.
Your feedback goes straight to the BoodleBox product and engineering teams and influences what we build next for teaching, learning, and campus-wide adoption.
See what's new before everyone else.
Council members get early access to new features and functionality before they launch, plus product intel on what's coming from BoodleBox.
Know what's moving in AI and higher ed.
Hear about trends, policy developments, and emerging practices before they hit the headlines, along with lessons from peers using AI in the classroom, across campus operations, and in institutional leadership.
Display your badge. Every member receives an official council badge to share on LinkedIn, in your bio, and in your email signature.
We're always interested in adding new voices to the council. You may submit your application at any time. Please note that applications are reviewed with membership decisions made and communicated three times per year. Depending on when you submit your application, it will be reviewed, and you will hear back on your application status following the timelines listed below:
Applications received after a submission deadline will roll into the next review window.
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