Academic Profession and Professorial Appointments in the Age of AI in Higher Education

The integration of AI into higher education reshapes the academic profession and redefines the nature of professorial appointments across global universities. As AI-driven technologies influence teaching, research, assessment, and administrative functions, academic institutions reconsider traditional roles, responsibilities, and expectations of faculty members. Professors are viewed as facilitators of digital learning environments, interdisciplinary innovators, and ethical stewards of emerging technologies. This transformation raises important questions regarding academic identity, tenure systems, recruitment practices, and professional development where technological competence and adaptability are essential to academic excellence. The age of AI presents opportunities and challenges for the future of the academic profession and professorial appointments. The Academic Profession and Professorial Appointments in the Age of AI in Higher Education explores how the academic profession and pathways to professorship are reshaped in the age of AI and digital transformation. It examines how AI-driven tools, digital scholarship, and data-centered evaluation systems redefine academic roles, research productivity, teaching practices, and promotion criteria. This book covers topics such as policymaking, data science, and educational technology, and is a useful resource for educators, engineers, academicians, researchers, and scientists.