Governance without readiness: coding dataset of 53 US universities' generative-AI governance and readiness

Institution-level coding of 53 US universities on four governance indicators and five readiness indicators, plus a descriptive AI-detection posture and a five-category whole-profile classification. Coded from public sources only, October 2025 to March 2026 (snapshot March 2026). This is the dataset behind Table 1 of the article "Governance without readiness: channel dependence and the missing workforce response to generative AI in US universities." Tabs: Codebook, Coding matrix, formula-driven Summary, and a Source register.