Generative AI in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and What Universities Are Doing Right Now to Adapt will include a review of EAB survey data and provide case studies on how universities are currently using generative AI across teaching and learning, student support, recruiting, fundraising, and administrative efficiency, focusing on barriers to adoption and where the biggest gains are likely to be.

About the series:

The University of Adelaide’s 2025 EAB State of the Sector Briefings are an important and exclusive series of seminars that will provide integral insights and intelligence relevant to staff working across admissions and recruitment, international engagement, partnerships, business development and strategy.

Sessions will offer tailored insights and intelligence focused on local, national and global trends in Higher Education, challenges and opportunities the sector is facing, and current and potential impacts on the sector that education professionals should be aware of in 2025 and beyond.

The seminars will cover topics such as generative AI, new credential design, enrolment trends at domestic and international levels, the future of hybrid working and learning, staff burnout, rising costs of research competition and more.

Tea and coffee will be available via the PACE business suite.

Please register ASAP to avoid disappointment (tickets are limited and sessions may book out).

About EAB:

The University of Adelaide is a member of EAB (formerly the Education Advisory Board) – an international advisory firm based in the US that specialises in delivering tailored strategic advice and insights for Higher Education clients. EAB’s areas of expertise span enrolment; student success; data and analytics; institutional strategy; access and equity, and advancement.

About the presenters:

Mr David Attis, Managing Director, Research

Over the past decade, David has worked with more than five hundred colleges and universities in the US and Canada, leading workshops and strategy sessions for boards, cabinets, deans’ councils and department chairs and presenting to a wide range of audiences on the major trends impacting higher education.

His studies have explored data-informed decision-making in higher education, innovative academic program design, university budget models, academic organizational structures, managing large-scale multidisciplinary research, and the future of doctoral education.

Mr Tyler Dillman, Strategic Leader, Research Partner Success

Tyler Dillman is a Strategic Leader, supporting EAB’s partners in Australia and New Zealand. He has been with EAB since 2016, having helped launch EAB’s flagship Student Success Management System. As a Strategic Leader, he is responsible for strengthening and directing executive partner relationships, and promoting partner utilisation and engagement.