Both institutional and course-level guidance emphasize transparency and acknowledging or citing GenAI use, with 83% of syllabi providing explicit citation guidance¶

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q2 i? 83% of syllabi provided explicit guidance on how to cite GenAI or when to engage with AI, and about two-thirds stated that using GenAI without citation violates the honor code. → Amrita Ganguly 2026

Evidence¶

Amrita Ganguly 2026¶

Amrita Ganguly, Aditya Johri, Nora McDonald, Areej Ali, Umama Dewan, and Aayushi Hingle Collier. (2026). A Comparative Analysis of Institutional and Course Generative AI Policies within Higher Education: Implications for Instruction in Computing Education. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.12296 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.12296

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Course syllabus coding found 83% of the 98 syllabi with explicit acknowledgement guidance; a little over two-thirds (N=65) stated that using GenAI without citation violated the honor code, and a quarter (N=27) stipulated formal or informal citation such as APA.

"83% (N=81) syllabi provided explicit guidance on how to cite, when to engage with AI, and/or referenced detection tools."

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