How digital intelligence technologies can systematically reshape the governance ecosystem of higher education is a core issue in building a leading educational nation. Based on educational ecology theory, an ecological analysis framework comprising "macro-outer-meso-micro" systems is constructed to analyze the restructuring logic, inherent impediments, and breakthrough pathways of digital intelligence-empowered higher education. The research finds that the current transformation dilemma is essentially a structural misalignment within the ecosystem. Specifically, there exists an "adaptive imbalance" between the meso-system (higher education institutions) and the outer-system (the digital governance foundation), the flow of data resources between systems is obstructed, and the transmission path from macro-strategy to micro-practice is broken. The root causes lie in organizational "rejection reactions," ineffective resource feedback mechanisms, and a lag in the digital literacy of actors. Accordingly, a systematic pathway for ecological restructuring is proposed: strengthening macro-strategy to reshape meso-level governance structures, consolidating the outer-system data governance framework to unblock circulation, focusing on micro-scenarios to drive evolution through value realization, and cultivating digital literacy to optimize the ecological genes. This approach aims to propel higher education governance from mere "tool superimposition" towards a genuine "ecological revolution."