Culture & Human Agency

Bridges 2026: How Schools Are Putting AI Agents to Work

Education's divide is autonomy, not value: MATC stays guarded with faculty-controlled agents and a human at the end of $150M reporting; Johnston CC runs 12 enrollment agents to scale beyond hiring; Peninsula SD rolls agents out to every staffer. Adoption runs on champions and fail-forward culture, not memos

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What the source reports

Education's divide is autonomy, not value: MATC stays guarded with faculty-controlled agents and a human at the end of $150M reporting; Johnston CC runs 12 enrollment agents to scale beyond hiring; Peninsula SD rolls agents out to every staffer. Adoption runs on champions and fail-forward culture, not memos

Original source

Title
Bridges 2026: How Schools Are Putting AI Agents to Work
Author
Gilban-Cohen, Julia
Date
Wednesday, July 22, 2026