Teaching & Learning
- The university also prohibits unauthorized collaboration on assignments and requires acknowledgment of sources
- Students are prohibited from submitting work prepared by others as their own, unless outside assistance has been specified or approved by the appropriate faculty member
4. Students shall not submit as their own work any work which has been prepared by others. Outside assistance in the preparation of this work, such as librarian assistance, tutorial assistance, typing assistance or such special assistance as may be specified or approved by the appropriate faculty member, is allowed.
7. Students are expected to conform to a strict standard of academic honesty. Cheating on examinations, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration with others on assignments, submitting without authorization duplicate assignments for credit in more than one course and improper acknowledgement of sources of material are intolerable offenses which carry serious penalties.
a) All directly quoted materials must be identified as such by quotation marks and the sources of this material must be acknowledged.
b) When borrowed ideas or information is not directly quoted by a student, the student should have so assimilated this material that it is indeed being expressed in his/her own words. However, as in the case of direct quotations, the sources of such borrowed ideas or information must be acknowledged.
- The university prohibits cheating on examinations as an academic dishonesty offense
- If a faculty member finds intentional academic dishonesty, the faculty member may assign an F for the project or examination
7. Students are expected to conform to a strict standard of academic honesty. Cheating on examinations, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration with others on assignments, submitting without authorization duplicate assignments for credit in more than one course and improper acknowledgement of sources of material are intolerable offenses which carry serious penalties.
3. A faculty member with cause or evidence that a student has intentionally committed an act or acts of academic dishonesty may, depending upon the severity of the misconduct:
a) verbally warn the student of his/her misconduct;
b) assign a letter grade of “F” for the project or examination;
- No university-wide student policy specifically defines AI use for personal studying or tutoring
- The university does state in an AI literacy initiative that it is focused on responsible AI use and on preventing overreliance on AI that could undermine critical thinking, but this is programmatic guidance rather than a binding student-use rule
Maintaining academic integrity through responsible AI use
Preventing overreliance on AI that could undermine students’ critical thinking by encouraging cognitive offloading and passive acceptance of machine-generated answers
Research
- The available statements are developmental and capability-building rather than compliance requirements
- Bowie State provides faculty development and grant-supported initiatives encouraging AI use in research and academic outputs, but it does not set a university-wide rule governing AI use in drafting or editing manuscripts, theses, or dissertations
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3. Explore GenAI tools that support the creation of high-quality academic outputs
The grant aims to integrate advanced AI tools, including generative AI and large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3 and GPT-4, into both research and curriculum.
- However, the provided sources do not define specific rules for AI-based data collection, analysis, synthetic data, or interpretation of results
- Bowie State is expanding AI-enabled research capacity across campus and states that advanced AI tools, including generative AI and large language models, are being integrated into research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Bowie State University (BSU) $399,999 to expand artificial intelligence (AI) research and education across campus, broadening AI participation among African Americans and other underrepresented groups.
The grant from the NSF’s Expanding Use-Inspired AI Research and Instruction Across Campus initiative will give Bowie State students and faculty access to a robust AI research infrastructure and exclusive workshops designed to foster practical AI competencies.
The grant aims to integrate advanced AI tools, including generative AI and large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3 and GPT-4, into both research and curriculum.
- No source provided defines AI-specific rules for grant proposals, IRB submissions, or research ethics declarations
- The university does reference responsible AI use and academic integrity in AI literacy programming, but it does not establish a specific research ethics compliance policy for AI in the supplied materials
"The projected impact reaches far beyond the initial participants in higher education, advancing national efforts in AI literacy and responsible AI use,” said Dr. Zenebe.
Maintaining academic integrity through responsible AI use
Academic Integrity
- The university requires students to acknowledge sources for directly quoted material and for borrowed ideas or information
- The provided sources do not contain AI-specific disclosure or citation instructions, but they do establish general attribution requirements for academic work
a) All directly quoted materials must be identified as such by quotation marks and the sources of this material must be acknowledged.
b) When borrowed ideas or information is not directly quoted by a student, the student should have so assimilated this material that it is indeed being expressed in his/her own words. However, as in the case of direct quotations, the sources of such borrowed ideas or information must be acknowledged.
- For academic dishonesty generally, faculty may warn students or assign an F for a project or examination, and the university states that such offenses carry serious penalties
- Bowie State trains educators to identify AI-written text and to use Turnitin AI detection capabilities, but the supplied materials do not establish a formal AI-detection enforcement rule
identify the use of AI writing tools, including ChatGPT, in students’ written works.
identifies AI-written text and examine information to determine the next course of action.
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7. Students are expected to conform to a strict standard of academic honesty. Cheating on examinations, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration with others on assignments, submitting without authorization duplicate assignments for credit in more than one course and improper acknowledgement of sources of material are intolerable offenses which carry serious penalties.
3. A faculty member with cause or evidence that a student has intentionally committed an act or acts of academic dishonesty may, depending upon the severity of the misconduct:
a) verbally warn the student of his/her misconduct;
b) assign a letter grade of “F” for the project or examination;
Institutional & Administrative
- Bowie State encourages faculty development around AI for instructional tasks, assessment support, research productivity, and integrating AI into teaching and student projects
- The provided sources do not impose a binding university-wide policy on faculty or staff AI use for grading, feedback, recommendation letters, or administrative communications
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Is ChatGPT for Me? In this session, participants will learn EXACTLY what ChatGPT is, how to access it and how to use it to help assist with instructional tasks in the classroom.
Faculty participants will receive training and support to embed AI-focused modules into existing courses rather than treating AI as a standalone subject.
Education Focus: Sessions highlighted ways to integrate creative technology into teaching and student projects.
- However, the provided sources do not identify approved AI platforms or give AI-specific rules about entering university data into third-party AI tools
- Bowie State has information security and acceptable-use rules that apply to all students, employees, partners, guests, and affiliates, including classifications for sensitive information and a warning that actions are not acceptable merely because they are not explicitly restricted
UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY. All BSU students, employees, partners, official guests, and affiliates.
SENSITIVE INFORMATION. The University uses the following categories of sensitive information.
Restricted. This classification applies to the most sensitive University information that is intended for use strictly within BSU. Unauthorized disclosure could seriously and adversely impact the University, the University Community of students, faculty, employees, partner institutions, and suppliers. Examples include merger and land acquisition documents, attorney-client privileged documents, and trade-restricted inventions such as certain computer applications development.
Confidential. This classification applies to sensitive personal and business information that is intended for use within BSU. Its unauthorized disclosure could adversely impact BSU or individuals. Information that some people would consider to be private is included in this classification.
Acceptable use of computing and telecommunications technologies always is ethical, reflects academic honesty, and shows restraint in the use of shared resources. It demonstrates respect for intellectual property, ownership of data, system security, and individual rights to privacy, freedom from intimidation, harassment, and unwarranted annoyance.
This policy focuses on major principles of acceptable use and non-acceptable use since it is impossible to anticipate every way in which individuals can harm or misuse BSU facilities. An action is not necessarily acceptable simply because it may not be explicitly restricted here.
- Bowie State has a visible institutional AI strategy focused on AI literacy, responsible AI use, campus-wide AI research expansion, and embedding AI into research and curricula
- The provided sources describe grants, faculty learning communities, workshops, infrastructure, and training support, but they do not identify a formal university-wide AI policy office, committee, or binding governance framework
"The projected impact reaches far beyond the initial participants in higher education, advancing national efforts in AI literacy and responsible AI use,” said Dr. Zenebe.
Faculty participants will receive training and support to embed AI-focused modules into existing courses rather than treating AI as a standalone subject.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Bowie State University (BSU) $399,999 to expand artificial intelligence (AI) research and education across campus, broadening AI participation among African Americans and other underrepresented groups.
Led by Principal Investigator Dr. Rand Obeidat and Co-PIs Drs. Azene Zenebe, Sriram Srinivasan, and Tyesha Burks, the CAP initiative integrates advanced AI tools, including Generative AI and Large Language Models like GPT-3 and GPT-4, into research and curricula.
This grant provides robust AI research infrastructure, workshops, hands-on learning, and faculty-student collaboration opportunities.
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Common Questions About Bowie State University's AI Policies
Bowie State University has defined AI policies in 11 of 12 categories, with an overall coverage score of 92%.
The university requires students to acknowledge sources for directly quoted material and for borrowed ideas or information. The provided sources do not contain AI-specific disclosure or citation instructions, but they do establish general attribution requirements for academic work.
Bowie State trains educators to identify AI-written text and to use Turnitin AI detection capabilities, but the supplied materials do not establish a formal AI-detection enforcement rule. For academic dishonesty generally, faculty may warn students or assign an F for a project or examination, and the university states that such offenses carry serious penalties.
Bowie State has information security and acceptable-use rules that apply to all students, employees, partners, guests, and affiliates, including classifications for sensitive information and a warning that actions are not acceptable merely because they are not explicitly restricted. However, the provided sources do not identify approved AI platforms or give AI-specific rules about entering university data into third-party AI tools.