Published AI policies across the United States higher education, classified by stance, maturity, and audience. 5,830 institutions tracked. Updated Jun 1, 2026.
First-adoption year for 298 dated policies.
733 classified policies, by stance.
Share of each type with a verified AI policy.
Share of classified policies that explicitly require human oversight.
Number of institutions that name each tool.
All 5,830 monitored institutions, by policy maturity.
What the stances mean: Conditional — allowed with guardrails · Unclear — no clear position · Encouraged — actively promoted · Prohibitive — restricted or banned · Permissive — broadly allowed
Method: institutions are drawn from public directories, AI policy pages discovered via search, verified by crawl, and archived in monthly snapshots. Snapshots are classified by an LLM on a locked rubric. Smaller systems show fewer data points. Percentages use classified policies as the denominator unless noted.