Empowering Higher Education with Generative AI: A Systematic Review from the Dual Perspectives of Project Control and Humanistic Ethics

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10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_48How to use a DOI?

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Generative AI; higher education; project management; humanistic ethics; complex tension; trinity framework

Abstract

To clarify the research context, challenges, and governance of Generative AI (GenAI) in higher education, this study uses large - scale engineering project control and humanistic ethical governance perspectives to review and analyze core literature. The results show that GenAI application in universities has seen mechanism evolution and structural changes. In instruction, it has a conjugate effect on personalized learning and forms collaborative networks. It also causes tensions in teachers’ professional ecology, widens the digital divide, and undermines educational equity. Governance - wise, advanced models bring new data risks, forcing a shift in academic governance from rigid control to empowerment. But existing studies focus on fragmented responses, lacking full - cycle planning and humanistic value orientation. Therefore, based on project management control and educational ethics, this study constructs an “technological empowerment—project control—ethical governance” framework for university teaching, learning, and administration. It aims to prevent technological alienation and capability substitution, providing support and guidelines for GenAI implementation in higher education.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yueyan Han
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/30
TI  - Empowering Higher Education with Generative AI: A Systematic Review from the Dual Perspectives of Project Control and Humanistic Ethics
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Humanities, Wisdom Education and Service Management (HWESM 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 431
EP  - 447
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_48
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_48
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