College Professors Are Using ChatGPT. Some Stud…

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• Author: Kashmir Hill
• Full Title: College Professors Are Using ChatGPT. Some Students Aren’t Happy. - The New York Times
• Category: #articles
• Summary:: Some college professors are using ChatGPT to create course materials, which has upset students who feel it’s against academic honesty. While instructors believe A.I. can enhance education and save time, students express concerns about the quality of learning and the reliance on technology. Professors are now navigating the challenges of using A.I. responsibly while maintaining meaningful connections with their students.
• URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/chatgpt-college-professors.html

Highlights

• “From my perspective, the professor didn’t even read anything that I wrote*,*” said Marie, who asked to use her middle name and requested that her professor’s identity not be disclosed. She could understand the temptation to use A.I. Working at the school was a “third job” for many of her instructors, who might have hundreds of students, said Marie, and she did not want to embarrass her teacher. (View Highlight)
  • Note: And such as the problem with strategies that say you can use it to your feedback as long as you’re still reading the papers. The point is it doesn’t feel that way of students.
• One example he uses in his own classes: In 2023, officials at Vanderbilt University’s education school responded to a mass shooting at another university by sending an email to students calling for community cohesion. The message, which described promoting a “culture of care” by “building strong relationships with one another,” included a sentence at the end that revealed that ChatGPT had been used to write it. After students criticized the outsourcing of empathy to a machine, the officials involved temporarily stepped down. (View Highlight)
• Dr. Malan has had to tinker with the chatbot to hone its pedagogical approach, so that it offers only guidance and not the full answers. The majority of 500 students surveyed in 2023, the first year it was offered, said they found it helpful. (View Highlight)