# Campus AI Framework

> A practitioner's playbook for AI strategy and governance in higher education. Eight institutional pillars, four application domains, and an AI Strategic Compass, plus working tools that produce usable artifacts. Concept and content by Joe Sabado. Free to use and adapt under CC BY 4.0. Live site: https://campusaiframework.com/

This site is a single-page application; routes use hash fragments (e.g. https://campusaiframework.com/#/pillar/3). The summaries below let agents understand the full scope without executing JavaScript.

## The model
- Eight pillars in three families — Governance: (1) Campus Mission & Vision, (2) AI Principles, (3) AI Policies & Guidelines, (4) Governance, Risk, Compliance & Data Governance; Enablement: (5) AI Engagement & Collaboration, (7) Roles & Responsibilities; Capabilities: (6) Campus Readiness, (8) Implementation & Operations.
- Four application domains — Teaching, Learning & Student Success; Research & Innovation; Operations & Infrastructure; Student & Community Engagement.
- The AI Strategic Compass — scores initiatives on five categories and maps them to proportionate-review bands (Low to Critical).
- A governance lens — the Nine AI Governance Domains and a five-part policy-instrument taxonomy (policies, standards, guidelines, enablement mechanisms, governance mechanisms).

## Start here
- Find your starting point: https://campusaiframework.com/#/start — a maturity triage placing a campus in Nascent, Emerging, or Established, with right-sized next steps.
- The first 90 days: https://campusaiframework.com/#/first-90 — a stage-aware action plan, not a single linear path.
- Who it's for: https://campusaiframework.com/#/for — curated paths for leadership, AI/governance leads, faculty/senate, IT/data/security, practitioners, and newcomers.

## Learn the framework
- Overview: https://campusaiframework.com/#/bok
- The eight pillars: https://campusaiframework.com/#/pillar/1 through /pillar/8
- Use cases: https://campusaiframework.com/#/usecases
- Case studies: https://campusaiframework.com/#/cases
- How AI enters campus (six pathways + types of AI): https://campusaiframework.com/#/landscape
- Standards alignment (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Act, OECD, UNESCO, EDUCAUSE): https://campusaiframework.com/#/compare
- Shared governance & the academic difference: https://campusaiframework.com/#/shared-governance

## Assess where you stand
- Maturity Assessment: https://campusaiframework.com/#/maturity
- Governance Guide (Nine Domains, 80+ questions): https://campusaiframework.com/#/governance
- AI Registry & Documentation (service/system/model cards): https://campusaiframework.com/#/registry

## Act & run
- AI Strategic Compass: https://campusaiframework.com/#/compass
- AI Tool Evaluation Matrix: https://campusaiframework.com/#/matrix
- Implementation Playbook: https://campusaiframework.com/#/playbook
- Adoption pathways (by institution type): https://campusaiframework.com/#/adoption
- Run it (operating rhythm & metrics): https://campusaiframework.com/#/run

## About
- Author: Joe Sabado — higher education IT leader and AI governance practitioner. https://campusaiexchange.com/
- License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
- Suggested citation: Sabado, J. (2026). Campus AI Framework: A practitioner's playbook for AI strategy and governance in higher education. https://campusaiframework.com