Teaching & Learning
- The college-wide academic honesty guidance also states that instructors may set their own policies and that those rules, whether written in the syllabus or announced in class, govern a course
- Knox College treats unauthorized use of generative AI in graded coursework as academic dishonesty when students submit AI-produced work as their own or fail to acknowledge substantial AI assistance
“ChatGPT and other generative AI tools may not be used to generate or substantially complete assignments for classes at Knox, unless specifically authorized by your instructors. ChatGPT and other generative AI tools may not be used to generate or substantially complete assigned work without attribution if such use is specifically authorized by your instructors. Such use constitutes plagiarism under the Knox College Honor Code.”
“Giving the impression that one’s work is one’s own when it is not, is academically dishonest whether or not one appropriates someone else’s words, formulas, or data. This includes all forms of artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT and image generation.”
“Instructors, however, have the right to determine what standards of academic honesty and course-specific policies are appropriate for a particular class. Such policies can include, but are not limited to, standards of academic honesty and penalties for violating those standards and course-specific policies on attendance, assignment deadlines, and use of electronic devices in class or on exams. These standards, if they differ from the students’ rights and responsibilities listed in this policy, shall be communicated to students in the course syllabus, if practical, or announced in class.”
- Unauthorized AI use that misrepresents authorship would still fall under the broader academic dishonesty rules
- Knox College does not set a standalone AI exam rule in the provided sources, but it allows instructors to establish course-specific policies for exams
“Instructors, however, have the right to determine what standards of academic honesty and course-specific policies are appropriate for a particular class. Such policies can include, but are not limited to, standards of academic honesty and penalties for violating those standards and course-specific policies on attendance, assignment deadlines, and use of electronic devices in class or on exams. These standards, if they differ from the students’ rights and responsibilities listed in this policy, shall be communicated to students in the course syllabus, if practical, or announced in class.”
“Giving the impression that one’s work is one’s own when it is not, is academically dishonest whether or not one appropriates someone else’s words, formulas, or data. This includes all forms of artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT and image generation.”
- The provided sources only address unauthorized AI use in relation to assigned work and instructor authorization
- Knox College does not define a general university-wide policy on using AI for personal studying, tutoring, or practice outside graded work
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- Knox College does not provide a programming-specific AI policy in the supplied materials
- Any use of AI tools for coding assignments would be governed by the general rules on unauthorized AI-generated coursework and by instructor-specific course policies
“ChatGPT and other generative AI tools may not be used to generate or substantially complete assignments for classes at Knox, unless specifically authorized by your instructors. ChatGPT and other generative AI tools may not be used to generate or substantially complete assigned work without attribution if such use is specifically authorized by your instructors. Such use constitutes plagiarism under the Knox College Honor Code.”
“Instructors, however, have the right to determine what standards of academic honesty and course-specific policies are appropriate for a particular class. Such policies can include, but are not limited to, standards of academic honesty and penalties for violating those standards and course-specific policies on attendance, assignment deadlines, and use of electronic devices in class or on exams. These standards, if they differ from the students’ rights and responsibilities listed in this policy, shall be communicated to students in the course syllabus, if practical, or announced in class.”
Research
- Knox College does not define a research-specific AI writing policy for theses, dissertations, or manuscripts in the provided sources
- The materials supplied focus on academic honesty in coursework and general citation guidance rather than research manuscript preparation
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Academic Integrity
- The library citation guidance also provides a way to cite ChatGPT in Chicago style, indicating how such attribution can be formatted
- Knox College requires attribution when generative AI use is specifically authorized by an instructor; using AI to generate or substantially complete assigned work without attribution is treated as plagiarism
“ChatGPT and other generative AI tools may not be used to generate or substantially complete assignments for classes at Knox, unless specifically authorized by your instructors. ChatGPT and other generative AI tools may not be used to generate or substantially complete assigned work without attribution if such use is specifically authorized by your instructors. Such use constitutes plagiarism under the Knox College Honor Code.”
“Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT)
Bibliography entry:
OpenAI. ChatGPT. https://chat.openai.com/chat. Accessed Month Day, Year.
Footnote:
1. OpenAI, ChatGPT, accessed Month Day, Year, https://chat.openai.com/chat.”
- Knox College states that unauthorized AI-generated or substantially AI-completed work is plagiarism under the Honor Code
- Alleged violations are handled through the Honor Board process, and available sanctions range from warnings to course penalties, suspension, or expulsion; the provided sources do not define any policy on AI detection software
“Such use constitutes plagiarism under the Knox College Honor Code.”
“The Honor Board consists of 17 students, selected and trained to hear cases of alleged academic dishonesty and determine the student’s responsibility and sanction, if any.”
“If a student is found responsible for a violation, possible sanctions include:
Warning,
Educational Project,
Course-Related Sanction,
Honor Board Probation,
College probation, suspension, or expulsion”
Institutional & Administrative
- They do state that instructors may establish course-specific academic honesty policies for students
- The provided sources do not set rules for faculty or staff use of AI in grading, feedback, lesson planning, recommendations, or administrative work
“Instructors, however, have the right to determine what standards of academic honesty and course-specific policies are appropriate for a particular class. Such policies can include, but are not limited to, standards of academic honesty and penalties for violating those standards and course-specific policies on attendance, assignment deadlines, and use of electronic devices in class or on exams. These standards, if they differ from the students’ rights and responsibilities listed in this policy, shall be communicated to students in the course syllabus, if practical, or announced in class.”
- One source indicates the college selected a common reading to support community discussion of artificial intelligence
- The supplied sources show Knox College addressing generative AI through academic honesty education and campus discussion, but they do not define an overarching institutional AI governance framework or strategy
“For the incoming class of 2028, faculty selected Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna's The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want as the common reading.”
“The common reading is chosen by a faculty committee based on the following criteria: broad accessibility and appeal to students from a range of backgrounds, high quality of writing, a likely capacity to stimulate classroom and community discussion, and a lasting and significant impact on students' thinking.”
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Common Questions About Knox College's AI Policies
Knox College has defined AI policies in 9 of 12 categories, with an overall coverage score of 75%.
Knox College requires attribution when generative AI use is specifically authorized by an instructor; using AI to generate or substantially complete assigned work without attribution is treated as plagiarism. The library citation guidance also provides a way to cite ChatGPT in Chicago style, indicating how such attribution can be formatted.
Knox College states that unauthorized AI-generated or substantially AI-completed work is plagiarism under the Honor Code. Alleged violations are handled through the Honor Board process, and available sanctions range from warnings to course penalties, suspension, or expulsion; the provided sources do not define any policy on AI detection software.
No explicit data protection or approved AI platform policy is currently defined in the available policy sources.