New in AI: UChicago Rethinks Writing, EIU Students Want Faculty Rules
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THE AI ANGLE
Prompting course bans, grading student papers, and driving faculty policy disputesUniversities are taking contrasting approaches to artificial intelligence in curriculum and campus governance. The University of Chicago will require an AI-free writing course for first-year students, while students at Eastern Illinois University want limits on faculty AI use. Other institutions are investing funds to redesign degree programs, conduct research, and test AI grading tools.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Students are questioning whether faculty should use AI to produce course content when campus policies already restrict student AI use.Read the original at insidehighered.com Generate teaching or study materials
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