Students at the same university interpreted and responded to GenAI policy in markedly different ways, from embracing adoption to principled resistance¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: local conditions change quickly

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q2 i? Even within one institutional setting, three analysed students responded differently: John wanted the university to embrace GenAI, Vivian rejected it as inauthentic, and Howard used it while concealing his use. → Fawns 2026

Evidence¶

Fawns 2026¶

Fawns, T., Bearman, M., Corbin, T., Henderson, M., McLean, J., Matthews, K. E., Oberg, G., Liang, Y., & Walton, J. (2026). Illuminating complex student realities of artificial intelligence through an entangled pedagogy framework. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01730-1

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Discussion of the entangled analysis of three focus-group participants drawn from 20 focus groups with 79 students. The article reports that "students emphasised personal responsibility over institutional rules" across focus group and survey data.

"Even within the same institutional setting, our participants interpreted and responded to GenAI policy in markedly different ways."

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