# Study Protocol — AI Tool Adoption and Faculty Burden

**Chapter argument (from synthesis report):**
The chapter argues that AI tools create an "over-burden" on faculty by
introducing additional administrative and pedagogical demands without
corresponding institutional support — resulting in tension and mismatch
between workload expectations and available resources.

**Instrument design note:** Items must be neutral / exploratory. Chapter
argument vocabulary (burden, over-burden, tension, mismatch, challenge)
must NOT appear in item stems or response options.
