Undifferentiated GenAI integrity rules convert linguistic disadvantage into integrity risk for EAL students¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r3 · q1
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q1 i? Integrity rules that treat GenAI as a single category of unauthorised assistance systematically disadvantage multilingual cohorts by imposing higher compliance burdens, increasing suspicion of newly fluent prose, and enabling selective enforcement on weak evidence. → Grace Li 2026

Evidence¶

Grace Li 2026¶

Grace Li. (2026). GenAI Assessment and Language Equity: Drawing the Line between Support and Substitution. Journal of Academic Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-026-09760-1

q1 · i? · theoretical · r3

Normative argument in the introduction: the risk is structural rather than behavioural, flowing from how language assistance operates in multilingual cohorts, not from EAL students being 'more likely to behave dishonestly'. The article offers doctrinal reasoning, not empirical measurement.

"integrity rules that do not distinguish language support from substantive substitution can systematically disadvantage multilingual cohorts. They can do so by imposing higher compliance burdens on the students most likely to use legitimate language support, by increasing suspicion where an EAL student’s prose suddenly becomes fluent"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Reading and Language — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
English-Learner Status — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Indirect discrimination logic applies to facially neutral integrity rules with cohort-skewed burdens — a broader claim this one bears on
Generic binary GenAI declarations fail to capture the diversity of ways students use GenAI in academic work — related
Conflicting student and teacher rules for GenAI produce adaptive counter-norms and student calls for teachers to refine assignments rather than impose unenforceable restrictions — related
Canadian students were more likely than South Korean students to judge GenAI-assisted coding as against institutional rules, despite functionally identical policies — related
Awareness of institutional GenAI regulations does not automatically translate into clarity about rule-compliant use — related

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`title`	`Undifferentiated GenAI integrity rules convert linguistic disadvantage into integrity risk for EAL students`
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