As 92 percent of students adopt AI faster than universities can respond, higher education faces a widening velocity gap that is eroding trust, burning out faculty, and hollowing out degrees. This essay explains why traditional governance is failing and outlines a practical, agile framework to bring education back in control.

Smart teams do not lose their intelligence when they meet. They lose their ability to let doubt survive long enough to change a decision. What looks like alignment is often just unspoken hesitation being quietly buried by momentum.