Teaching & Learning
- Lincoln University prohibits students from using AI to create essays and treats that conduct as plagiarism or academic dishonesty
- For graduate coursework, the university also defines cheating as the unauthorized use of artificial intelligence in work required as part of a course
vi Submit an essay written for another course and/or
vii Use an artificial intelligence program to create the essay.
b. Any student guilty of cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty
will be reported in writing to the department head and the dean of the college or
school of the course involved and to the department head and the dean of the college
or school in the student’s major.
Cheating is defined as the
unauthorized use of any materials, aids, artificial intelligence, or information of
assistance in doing any work required as part of a course.
- The university does not state an AI-specific exam rule in the provided sources
- However, the graduate bulletin defines cheating broadly as unauthorized use of artificial intelligence in any work required as part of a course, which can apply when an assessment is course-required
Cheating is defined as the
unauthorized use of any materials, aids, artificial intelligence, or information of
assistance in doing any work required as part of a course.
Research
Academic Integrity
- The AI-related rule in the student conduct code is prohibition of using AI to create an essay rather than disclosure-based permission
- The provided sources require source acknowledgment for quotations, paraphrases, and summarized material, but they do not establish a separate AI disclosure or citation rule
Plagiarism is a form is a form of cheating. You plagiarize if you:
i Fail to acknowledge the source of a quotation.
ii Fail to put an author’s words inside quotation marks.
iii Paraphrase or summarize facts or opinions from sources without stating exactly
where they come from.
vii Use an artificial intelligence program to create the essay.
- The Canvas FAQ states TurnItIn reviews work against AI trends and may flag papers written with ChatGPT as AI-created
- Lincoln University allows use of TurnItIn at professor discretion, and students must submit to it when a professor uses it
- For enforcement, the student conduct code and graduate bulletin provide reporting and sanction processes for academic dishonesty involving AI
No, not all written assignments go through TurnItIn. It is a professor’s choice to use this
plagiarism detection tool. If your professor is using it, your work must be submitted to TurnItIn.
The higher the score, the higher the plagiarism detected. TurnItIn reviews your submitted work
with other student work, scholarly journal articles, web pages and now AI trends. If you write a
paper using ChatGPT, TurnItIn may flag it as AI-created.
b. Any student guilty of cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty
will be reported in writing to the department head and the dean of the college or
school of the course involved and to the department head and the dean of the college
or school in the student’s major. Any student found guilty of academic dishonesty
may receive, at the discretion of the instructor, a failing grade in the course.
Disciplinary action for academic dishonesty may include suspension for one or
more semesters, exclusion from selected programs of study or permanent expulsion
from the University.
Any case of alleged academic dishonesty involving a student in the School of
Graduate Studies should be reported by the instructor to the Department Head,
copying the Dean of Graduate Studies to ensure full disclosure and a timely
Institutional & Administrative
- The only faculty-related AI statement in the provided sources is that use of TurnItIn is left to professor choice for written assignments
- The sources do not provide an AI policy for faculty or staff uses such as grading, feedback, lesson planning, recommendation letters, or administrative communications
No, not all written assignments go through TurnItIn. It is a professor’s choice to use this
plagiarism detection tool. If your professor is using it, your work must be submitted to TurnItIn.
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Common Questions About Lincoln University (Missouri)'s AI Policies
Lincoln University (Missouri) has defined AI policies in 5 of 12 categories, with an overall coverage score of 42%.
The provided sources require source acknowledgment for quotations, paraphrases, and summarized material, but they do not establish a separate AI disclosure or citation rule. The AI-related rule in the student conduct code is prohibition of using AI to create an essay rather than disclosure-based permission.
Lincoln University allows use of TurnItIn at professor discretion, and students must submit to it when a professor uses it. The Canvas FAQ states TurnItIn reviews work against AI trends and may flag papers written with ChatGPT as AI-created. For enforcement, the student conduct code and graduate bulletin provide reporting and sanction processes for academic dishonesty involving AI.
No explicit data protection or approved AI platform policy is currently defined in the available policy sources.