Abstract

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming higher education by influencing teaching learning assessment academic research administration student support and institutional decision-making. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence has further accelerated this transformation by enabling students and educators to generate text analyse information develop learning materials assist research and perform complex academic tasks within a short period. However the integration of artificial intelligence into higher education raises significant social and ethical questions concerning academic integrity data privacy algorithmic bias intellectual property digital inequality employment human agency and the changing role of teachers. This paper examines the future of higher education in the age of artificial intelligence from a critical social science perspective focusing particularly on the Indian higher education context. The study adopts a qualitative and descriptive research methodo