{"id":2441511,"date":"2025-06-01T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-education-in-trouble-ai-cheating-is-running-rampant-in-high-schools-colleges\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:38:07","slug":"us-education-in-trouble-ai-cheating-is-running-rampant-in-high-schools-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-education-in-trouble-ai-cheating-is-running-rampant-in-high-schools-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"US Education in Trouble: AI Cheating is Running Rampant in High Schools, Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-education-in-trouble-ai-cheating-is-running-rampant-in-high-schools-colleges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2441511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly tools like ChatGPT, by students for academic cheating. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nationwide-ransomware-attack-exposes-the-problem-with-health-care-monopolies\/\" title=\"Widespread Ransomware Incident Highlights Health Care Monopoly Issues\">highlights challenges faced<\/a> by educators, such as distinguishing between human-written and AI-generated assignments. English professor Stephen Cicirelli discusses his experiences, including a situation where a student submitted an AI-written paper and later apologized in a similar AI-generated manner. Statistics indicate a rise in AI usage among students, with a Pew Research survey reporting that 26% of teens used AI for schoolwork in 2024, double the previous year&#8217;s figures. Though, educators have noted that cheating behavior existed long before AI technology emerged, with a critically important percentage of students admitting to cheating. educational administrators express concern over the implications of AI on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/policy-weighs-locking-up-pennsylvania-students-cell-phones-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Policy weighs locking up Pennsylvania ...s\u2019 cell phones - Washington Examiner\">student attention spans<\/a> and academic integrity. The article raises issues with AI detection programs, which can sometimes misidentify genuine student work as being AI-generated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence is making it even easier for college and high school students to cheat.<\/p>\n<p>As more and more students learn to use ChatGPT and other AI tools, teachers increasingly have to decide if an assignment was written by a human, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/26\/ai-chatgpt-cheating-college-teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have to be a teacher and an AI detector at the same time,&rdquo; Stephen Cicirelli, an English professor at St. Peter&rsquo;s University in Jersey City, New Jersey, said.<\/p>\n<p>Any assignment &ldquo;that you take home and have time to play around with, there&rsquo;s going to be doubt hanging over it,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He d one frustrating episode <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveCicirelli\/status\/1922998024613093849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just failed a student for submitting an AI-written research paper, and she sent me an obviously AI-written  apologizing, asking if there is anything she can do to improve her grade. We are through the looking-glass, folks,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I had a very sincere teacher reach out privately about what to say to students when this happens. Here is what I&rsquo;ve been saying&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPDm1x2hAy\">https:\/\/t.co\/GPDm1x2hAy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Cicirelli (@SteveCicirelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveCicirelli\/status\/1923750856681299979?\">May 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SteveCicirelli\/status\/1923377728503394583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote that<\/a> he &ldquo;almost didn&rsquo;t mind the AI-paper. I&rsquo;m numb to it at this point. It was the thoughtless remorse afterward that got to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2025\/01\/15\/about-a-quarter-of-us-teens-have-used-chatgpt-for-schoolwork-double-the--in-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research<\/a> survey put the level of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tv-star-mike-rowes-unique-take-college-admission-scandal-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI use<\/a> among <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >teenagers completing school assignments<\/a> at 26 percent in 2024, double the 13 percent reported in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/technology\/new-data-reveal-how-many-students-are-using-ai-to-cheat\/2024\/04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Week<\/a> reported in 2024 that 11 percent of assignments run through Turnitin&rsquo;s AI detection tool had been at least 20 percent generated by AI.<\/p>\n<p>Three percent of the assignments were more than 80 percent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-democratic-congressman-admits-speech-written-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI-generated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at Stanford University&rsquo;s Graduate School of Education, said cheating in droves predates AI, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ed.stanford.edu\/news\/what-do-ai-chatbots-really-mean-students-and-cheating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years, long before ChatGPT hit the scene, some 60 to 70 percent of students have reported engaging in at least one &lsquo;cheating&rsquo; behavior during the previous month,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">5 wild excerpts from the viral NY Mag article &ldquo;Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<p>&#9725;As a computer-science major, he depended on AI for his introductory programming classes: &ldquo;I&rsquo;d just dump the prompt into ChatGPT and hand in whatever it spat out.&rdquo; By his rough math,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xho20B5HKb\">pic.twitter.com\/Xho20B5HKb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bearly AI (@bearlyai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bearlyai\/status\/1920611142466220525?\">May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That percentage has stayed about the same or even decreased slightly in our 2023 surveys, when we added questions specific to new AI technologies, like ChatGPT, and how students are using it for school assignments,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Axios reported that 66 percent of college administrators think AI use will limit the attention spans of students, per a survey from the American Association of Colleges &amp; Universities and Elon University&rsquo;s Imagining the Digital Future Center.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also found that 59 percent of administrators said cheating on campus has increased, while 56 percent said their colleges are not ready to grapple with the ramifications of AI use.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an undeniable and unavoidable disruption,&rdquo; Lee Rainie, director of the Imagining the Digital Future Center, remarked. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t avert your eyes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/17\/style\/ai-chatgpt-turnitin-students-cheating.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, there is a flaw that limits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-bipartisan-group-house-members-roll-artificial-intelligence-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enforcement<\/a>. 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With the growing use of ChatGPT and similar tools, educators face the challenge of determining whether assignments are human-written, as reported by Axios. Stephen Cicirelli, an English professor at St. Peter&#8217;s University in New Jersey, expressed that he must act as both a teacher and an AI detector. He noted that any assignment taken home raises doubts about its authenticity. Cicirelli shared a frustrating experience on social media where he failed a student for submitting an AI-generated research paper; the student then sent him an AI-written apology seeking ways to improve her grade. He remarked on his desensitization to such incidents but was troubled by the lack of genuine remorse from students. A Pew Research survey indicated that 26% of teenagers used AI for schoolwork in 2024, up from 13% in 2023. Education Week found that 11% of assignments checked with Turnitin&#8217;s AI detection tool had significant AI content, with some being over 80% generated by AI. Denise Pope from Stanford University noted that cheating has been prevalent long before the advent of AI technologies like ChatGPT, with many students admitting to dishonest behavior regularly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2441512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Laptops.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56319,56318,51440,56320,56317],"class_list":["post-2441511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-academicintegrity","tag-aicheating","tag-colleges-2","tag-highschools","tag-useducation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Laptops.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441515,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441511\/revisions\/2441515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}