Many have argued that the development of artificial intelligence has more potential to change higher education than any other technological advance.For instance, Klutka et al. ( 2018) has listed the following goals for AI in higher education:However, these are aspirational goals.What is the reality, at least as we enter the 2020s?The purpose of this special edition, as expressed in the journal's call for papers, is to examine the potential and actual impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on teaching and learning in higher education.