Teaching & Learning
- For application materials and portfolio submissions, applicants may use AI only with disclosure of how it was used
- The school requires applicants to describe any AI-supported or AI-created portfolio content and any AI use in written sections, and it strongly discourages submitting work created entirely by AI
If any part of your visual portfolio is supported or was created by AI, you must describe the process and the machine learning tools used. You must also explain how you used AI for the written sections of the application. Although we understand that AI can be invaluable, we ask you to remember that the application and visual portfolio should showcase your original ideas, skills, and art and design work. The admission committee strongly recommends that you do not submit work created entirely by AI.
We ask that you do not include fully generative AI–created images in your portfolio or fully generative AI–created essays in your application. The admission committee reserves the right to request additional materials from students whose portfolios include AI-generated work.
- The materials direct users to review university AI guidelines before using any AI tools
- The university provides institutionally supported AI tools for students, faculty, and staff that are described as supporting teaching, learning, writing, brainstorming, research, and study-oriented outputs such as study guides
This knowledge base article provides an overview of how to use the features of Google Gemini available with our institution's Google Education Licenses. Gemini is an AI tool designed to support teaching, learning, and administrative tasks.
Google Gemini is a generative AI tool that can assist you with a wide range of tasks. It's a helpful partner for educators, students, and staff, offering support in areas like writing, brainstorming, and research.
NotebookLM is an AI-powered research assistant designed to help you refine and organize your ideas. With NotebookLM, you can:
* Transform your sources into approachable formats such as study guides, briefings, audio overviews, mind maps, and more.
Review the guidelines and best practices for Generative AI at The New School prior to using any AI tools.
Research
Academic Integrity
- Separately, the university library points users to a University Learning Center document on how to use and cite ChatGPT
- For Parsons application materials, disclosure of AI use is required: applicants must explain AI-supported portfolio work and AI use in written sections
If any part of your visual portfolio is supported or was created by AI, you must describe the process and the machine learning tools used. You must also explain how you used AI for the written sections of the application.
The New School's University Learning Center has put together a document discussing ChatGPT/AI in Academic Work which discusses how to use and cite ChatGPT. You can find this under 'Resources & Workshops' --> 'Handouts' --> 'Citations' --> 'ChatGPT/AI in Academic Work'.
- For admissions-related portfolio review, the committee may request additional materials when AI-generated work is included
- The provided sources do not define a university-wide policy on AI detection tools or academic misconduct penalties specific to AI use
The admission committee reserves the right to request additional materials from students whose portfolios include AI-generated work.
Institutional & Administrative
- The university explicitly makes Gemini and NotebookLM available to faculty and staff, and describes Gemini as supporting teaching, learning, and administrative tasks
- Marketing and communications guidance also indicates AI can be used to streamline writing and editing, but published content must still be checked by humans for accuracy, originality, tone, and bias
* Faculty
* Staff
This knowledge base article provides an overview of how to use the features of Google Gemini available with our institution's Google Education Licenses. Gemini is an AI tool designed to support teaching, learning, and administrative tasks.
Google Gemini is a generative AI tool that can assist you with a wide range of tasks. It's a helpful partner for educators, students, and staff, offering support in areas like writing, brainstorming, and research.
It's okay to use AI to streamline the writing and editing process, but remember that its outputs are not infallible. Always check the content for accuracy and originality. Does the draft sound like the voice and tone of your client, The New School? Is there any inherent bias? Does this content make sense for the platform or audience? Human eyes still need to review before something is published.
- The university provides approved access to Google Gemini and NotebookLM through New School accounts for specified user groups
- It states that use through a New School Google account carries enterprise-grade security protections, that submissions are not used to train models and are never reviewed by humans, and that prompts and generated content stay within the organization; users are also directed to review university AI guidelines before using AI tools
# Google Gemini
## Available To
* Students (Account Receivable and Mannes Prep students do not have access)
* Faculty
* Staff
# Google NotebookLM
## Available To
* Students (Account Receivable and Mannes Prep students do not have access)
* Faculty
* Staff
* Continuing & Professional Education Students
Using Gemini with a New School account ensures that you are covered under the same enterprise-grade security as the rest of your New School Google Workspace account.
These protections are only available for New School Google accounts.
* Receive enterprise-grade data protections when they use Gemini app. Submissions aren't used to train models and are never reviewed by humans.
* Your interactions with Google Workspace with Gemini stay within your organization. Google Workspace with Gemini stores any prompts or generated content alongside your Workspace content and does not share them outside your organization.
* Your existing Google Workspace protections are automatically applied. Google Workspace with Gemini brings the same enterprise-grade security as the rest of Google Workspace, automatically applying your organization’s existing controls and data handling practices, such as data-regions policies and Data Loss Prevention.
Review the guidelines and best practices for Generative AI at The New School prior to using any AI tools.
- However, the documents provided do not define an overarching AI governance structure, committee, or formal strategy roadmap
- The provided sources show that the university has institution-level AI guidance and best-practice materials and is rolling out institutionally supported AI tools
Review the guidelines and best practices for Generative AI at The New School prior to using any AI tools.
This knowledge base article provides an overview of how to use the features of Google Gemini available with our institution's Google Education Licenses. Gemini is an AI tool designed to support teaching, learning, and administrative tasks.
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For Parsons application materials, disclosure of AI use is required: applicants must explain AI-supported portfolio work and AI use in written sections. Separately, the university library points users to a University Learning Center document on how to use and cite ChatGPT.
For admissions-related portfolio review, the committee may request additional materials when AI-generated work is included. The provided sources do not define a university-wide policy on AI detection tools or academic misconduct penalties specific to AI use.
The university provides approved access to Google Gemini and NotebookLM through New School accounts for specified user groups. It states that use through a New School Google account carries enterprise-grade security protections, that submissions are not used to train models and are never reviewed by humans, and that prompts and generated content stay within the organization; users are also directed to review university AI guidelines before using AI tools.