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Agent 101: Everything You Need to Know
Your no-fluff guide to understanding what AI agents are, how they’re different, what they can do, and where they fit in Higher Ed.
The Year of the AI Agent in
Higher Ed
Explore how autonomous, proactive AI Agents—instead of reactive tools—are becoming digital teammates that anticipate needs, act on insights, and elevate everything from recruitment to student retention and operational efficiency.
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AI Agents in US Higher Education: Beyond the Classroom
Discover how AI agents are already streamlining operations, delivering personalized guidance, and helping institutions make smarter, data-driven decisions across the full higher education experience.
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Reason, Adapt, Act: Agentic AI Explained for Higher Education
Learn what agentic AI means for higher ed today and a take away a practical framework leaders can use to transform student engagement and institutional workflows.
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Leading and Working with Multi-Agent AI Systems in Higher Ed
Navigate the future of collaboration with multi-agent AI systems. Understand leadership strategies and practical workflows to coordinate multiple AI agents working together across institutional processes.
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From Bots to Data-Savvy Agents: How MCP Is Changing the Game
Discover how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is revolutionizing AI agent integration — delivering plug-and-play connectivity, fewer custom connectors, and data-grounded answers that cut through the legacy complexity of student systems.
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Beyond ChatBots: How Proactive AI Agents Will Drive the Next Wave of Student Engagement
Learn how AI Agents go further than chatbots—understanding, deciding, and acting across the student lifecycle to improve engagement, retention, and staff efficiency.
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Engage Summit 2025
Relive the key talks, showing how AI agents are driving smarter strategies, stronger support, and better outcomes for students.
Building an AI Workforce for Higher Ed: Bolt Agent Teams
Element451’s Bolt Agents debut as a plug-and-play AI workforce that tirelessly provides 24 × 7 outreach, campaign planning, and risk alerts across admissions, marcom, and student success.
The Voice-First Campus: AI Agents That Never Sleep
Explore how advances in voice enabled AI answers calls around the clock, in multiple languages, to streamline recruiting and student support.
Admissions with Bolt Agents: Fast, Fair, and Fraud-Free
Bolt Agents instantly score applications against institutional rubrics and detect fraud in real time, delivering faster, fairer admissions decisions at scale.
Marketing with Bolt Agents: A Higher Ed Revolution
Bolt Agents turn real-time student data into perfectly timed, one-to-one messages that replace traditional, generic marketing campaigns.
Student Success with Bolt Agents: Unified Data, Personalized Support
Watch Bolt Agents transform scattered LMS and SIS data into real-time, one-to-one guidance that keeps every student on track.
Continuing Ed with Bolt Agents: Smarter Enrollment, Less Effort
Witness an AI-powered storefront that matches adult learners to the right courses in real time and turns browsing, enrollment, and payment into one seamless flow.
Generation AI Podcast
Step into the future of education with Generation AI, the must-listen podcast for higher education professionals eager to harness the power of artificial intelligence. As AI reshapes the way we teach, learn, and connect, this groundbreaking series will be your go-to resource for insights, strategies, and success stories. Don’t miss out on the conversations that are driving the next wave of innovation in higher education—tune in and stay ahead of the curve.
Listen to the PodcastSome of our Favorite Gen AI Episodes
Episode 86
The Great Content Collapse: How AI Agents are killing clicks and rewriting marketing.
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Featured Resources
Dive into these must-read guides and webinars that will shape your institution's future with practical, jargon-free insights from higher ed experts, intended to help leaders and teams harness AI for innovation and impact.
Higher Education in the Age of AI
Explores how AI is reshaping higher education, helping institutions enhance the student experience, boost academic innovation, and support lifelong learning.
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The Definitive AI Guide for Higher Ed
Learn how AI can transform your institution by engaging more students, addressing talent shortages, and optimizing operations for greater efficiency, while preparing learners for a rapidly evolving future.
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Meet Bolt Agents: The AI Workforce for Higher Ed
Bolt Agent teams act as digital teammates—not just tools—boosting recruitment, re-engagement, and personalized student experiences at scale.
Faster Admissions, Smarter Decisions
The Bolt Application Reader accelerates reviews, delivering fairer, faster, and more precise admissions decisions.
AI First Student
Success
StudentHub puts AI Agents at the center of support—driving proactive engagement and connected, personalized student journeys.
2025: The Year of Agentic AI in Higher Ed
Tambellini’s Alpha Hamadou Ibrahim, Ph.D. reveals how Agentic AI is redefining engagement, efficiency, and the future of higher ed.
Real Stories of AI Adoption Success
Carrie Pitts-Densmore
Johnston Community College
Luis Caloca
College of Western Idaho
Jessica Vaughan
Durham Technical Community College,
Claire Masterson
Southeast Missouri State University,
Jennifer Mayo
Wayne Community College,
Ryan Hogan
Abraham Baldwin Ag College
Michael Bettersworth
Texas State Technical College
Luis Caloca
College of Western Idaho
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