Dartmouth says it now allows professors to run student work through Pangram amid an inquiry into the provost's AI use.

Many colleges discourage the use of detection tools. But we may start seeing more institutional embrace of Pangram, given its tiny error rate www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...

New: The Chronicle surveyed 460 academics about the use of generative AI, including how respondents were using these tools and what uses they considered acceptable. Here's what they told us: https://chroni.cl/3U2EHCX

We asked 460 academics about where they draw the line with AI use in publishing and what their institutions are doing about AI. The results, you may be shocked to learn, vary. Check it out here @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/most...

NEW: U. Mich is pumping the brakes on its plan to pass/fail first-semester freshmen in one of its colleges. The president wrote to admins that "distorted" media coverage of the plan could hurt the reputations of the university and its students. For @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...

Students at Dartmouth are required to disclose any use of AI in coursework to their professors, at the risk of facing disciplinary action. But the college's chief academic officer, the provost, said that he has used AI without disclosure in a range of published work. https://chroni.cl/3TNwqTi

It’s hard to discourage students from using AI. It’s harder when the provost does it in his published work, professors said.

A look inside Dartmouth’s campus firestorm over its chief academic officer’s AI use, with @garrettshanley.bsky.social for @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/dart...

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici plans to introduce legislation next week regulating AI in higher education, focusing on work-force readiness, student-data privacy, and responsible use of AI in the classroom. Details in @chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/cong...

EXCLUSIVE: A book out next week from the Smithsonian claims to settle the debate about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. But at the eleventh hour, a Hemings relative who gave DNA to the study has dropped out. Her worry: the science in the book hasn't been vetted. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

More professors are using AI as a co-author, copy editor, research assistant, or wholesale ghostwriter for their published work. It's sparked a debate over the meaning of authorship. From last week with @katiemangan.bsky.social for @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/what...

At Bates College, faculty approved a plan requiring students to study race both inside and outside their majors. But after years of debate, the requirement is now delayed until 2029. https://chroni.cl/4y23Psw

I spoke with university scientists about AI-driven research in the Trump era of grantmaking. They're contemplating how humans can stay in control of the lab. For @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Yale continues to be an interesting case study in anti-Trump deal resistance. I attended a demonstration today, deliberately planned to break Yale's protest rules, where students, faculty and alumni called for no deal and looser protest rules, among other demands: www.chronicle.com/article/yale...

For @chronicle.com, I profiled @emollick.bsky.social and Lilach Mollick, a pair urging colleges to embrace AI.

“There’s too much waiting for the usual ed-tech companies to tell us how AI should shape education,” Ethan says. “I think that’s a tragedy.” www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

At a South Carolina college, at least 86 grades were raised without faculty knowledge, according to interviews, internal documents and a system report. The case raises questions about faculty authority, student records, and retention pressures. Read the full investigation. https://chroni.cl/4xi6g9w

Starting next fall, the University of Michigan's largest will cover first-year students’ fall semester grades, which will appear on transcripts as pass/no credit and have no weight on grade point averages. The change has drawn ire — and cheers. https://chroni.cl/3TQO0FI