Comprehensive institutional GenAI guidelines translate to course-level guidelines at higher rates (48.3–71.4%) than moderately comprehensive ones (30.8–31.2%)¶
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q2 i? Institutions with the most comprehensive GenAI guidelines (8–11 codes) also provide course-level guidelines at a moderate to high rate, while moderately comprehensive institutions (4–7 codes) do so at a below-average level. → Amrita Ganguly 2026
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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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Secondary comparative analysis of the linked institutional and course datasets (Figure 2), categorizing the 116 institutions by code coverage into comprehensive, moderately comprehensive, and less comprehensive groups. The authors interpret that comprehensive institutional policies translate better to course level.
"Institutions that have the most comprehensive (8 - 11 codes) GenAI guidelines also include course level guidelines at a moderate to high rate (48.3 - 71.4%)."
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Comprehensive institutional GenAI guidelines translate to course-level guidelines at higher rates (48.3–71.4%) than moderately comprehensive ones (30.8–31.2%) |
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Comprehensive institutional GenAI guidelines translate to course-level guidelines at higher rates (48.3–71.4%) than moderately comprehensive ones (30.8–31.2%) |
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