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Scenarios
Each scenario applies the six lenses, assigns a baseline tier, separates what the institution provides from what the owner must answer for, names failure modes, and links to templates.
T4Student success advising supportAn agent that helps advisors and students review degree progress, surface early-alert signals, and prepare for advising conversations. It recommends; advisors decide.Worked scenario →T3Faculty course / tutoring assistantA course-scoped assistant that answers questions from course materials, offers practice problems, and gives formative feedback within limits the instructor sets.Worked scenario →T3–T5Administrative process agentAn agent that handles routine HR, finance, or enrollment requests: answering questions, pre-filling forms, routing cases. Its tier depends on the actions it can take.Worked scenario →T3–T4Research literature or lab workflowAn agent that synthesizes literature, drafts protocol sections, or coordinates lab workflows such as sample tracking and instrument scheduling.Worked scenario →T2–T3Campus knowledge / policy navigationAn agent that answers questions about campus policies, services, and procedures, grounded in current authoritative sources and linking to them.Worked scenario →T4–T5Multi-agent orchestratorAn orchestrating agent that coordinates several specialized agents across a cross-functional workflow, such as onboarding a new student from admission to first day.Worked scenario →T2–T3Student-built or course-embedded agentStudents build agents as part of coursework or projects, either on an institutional platform with guardrails or directly against an open API.Worked scenario →T4Vendor agent in SIS / LMS / ERPA vendor turns on agent features inside a core system the institution already licenses. The institution did not build it but remains accountable for its use.Worked scenario →