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Dissertation-Level AI Policy – Canadian Universities Catching Up?
The PhD and dissertation level is where AI policy gets most complicated and where I've seen the least institutional clarity. I've been surveying graduate coordinators at 8 Canadian universities as part of…
PhD committee split on AI-assisted lit reviews
Defending my proposal in a few weeks and ran into a weird split on my committee. One supervisor is totally fine with me using AI tools to help organize and summarize the…
Supervisor wants an AI use statement in my thesis, anyone done this
my thesis supervisor just told me i need to include a statement disclosing any ai use in my thesis before it goes to committee. i used chatgpt for some literature search help,…
PhD comprehensive exams going oral only because of AI concerns at written take homes
our department is proposing moving comprehensive exams from a take home written format to fully oral exams starting next admission cycle, largely because of concerns about ai use in the current take…
TAs using AI grading tools, should departments allow it
I TA a first year course with 240 students and grade essays basically every week of the semester on top of my own coursework and research. A fellow TA mentioned she's been…