A majority of surveyed students want institutional training on professional and ethical AI tool use¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a recent Inside Higher Ed survey, 57% of respondents wanted their institutions to offer training on how to use AI tools professionally and ethically. → Zachariah 2025

Evidence¶

Zachariah 2025¶

Zachariah, I., Peters Hinton, V., Ruiz, P., Dallas, D., Liberman, B., & Karim, S. (2025). AI Literacy in Postsecondary Education. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/270

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Survey result reported in the brief's student-gaps section: "57% of respondents wanted their institutions to offer training" on professional and ethical AI use. The brief prints no sample size or effect size for this survey.

"A recent Inside Higher Ed survey also revealed that 57% of respondents wanted their institutions to offer training on how to use AI tools professionally and ethically"

Discussion¶

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