The Eight Pillars

What an institution builds and sustains to govern AI well.

The Campus AI Framework organizes institutional AI work into eight pillars across three families, Governance, Enablement, and Capabilities, alongside four application domains and the AI Strategic Compass for prioritization.

The eight pillars

• 1. Campus Mission & Vision
• 2. AI Principles
• 3. AI Policies & Guidelines
• 4. Governance, Risk, Compliance & Data Governance
• 5. AI Engagement & Collaboration
• 6. Campus Readiness
• 7. Roles & Responsibilities
• 8. Implementation & Operations

Tools & guides

• Find Your Starting PointA short maturity triage that places your campus in one of three tiers.
• The First 90 DaysA stage-aware AI governance action plan. Pick where your institution actually stands and get a 90-day arc sized to it.
• AI Maturity AssessmentAssess institutional AI maturity across the eight pillars.
• AI Strategic CompassScore and prioritize candidate AI initiatives on five categories and map each to a proportionate-review band.
• AI Tool Evaluation MatrixMatch any AI tool to the data it may touch. Classify the data.
• AI Governance Question GuideA structured diagnostic across the Nine AI Governance Domains for higher education.
• How AI Enters CampusThe six pathways AI arrives on campus.
• Standards AlignmentHow the Campus AI Framework maps to NIST AI RMF.