Teaching & Learning
- For admissions essays, any use of AI is prohibited and can result in denial
- For student academic work, AI-generated assignments are treated as academic integrity violations when they are unauthorized
- The policy also states that work must be done by the student without unauthorized aids, and instructor permission is the relevant exception
This assumes that all work will be done by the person who purports to do the work without unauthorized aids.
• Cheating - which is the use or attempted use of unauthorized material, information, electronic device, implement, or study aid in, for example, any test, quiz, academic exercise, or assignment without the instructor’s permission
• Fabricating or falsifying - which is the unauthorized falsification or invention of any data, information, or citation in an academic exercise, including the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated assignments.
All essays must be written by the applicant, any use of AI will be grounds for denial.
- The university frames unauthorized use of materials, devices, or study aids in assessments as cheating
- Use of AI or other aids during tests, quizzes, and similar assessments is not permitted unless the instructor gives permission
• Cheating - which is the use or attempted use of unauthorized material, information, electronic device, implement, or study aid in, for example, any test, quiz, academic exercise, or assignment without the instructor’s permission
- Its stated rule only addresses unauthorized aids in academic work and assessments
- The university does not define a specific policy on using AI for tutoring, studying, concept explanation, or personal learning outside graded work
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- No coding-specific AI guidance appears in the provided sources
- The university does not define any specific policy on AI use for programming, code generation, or debugging
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Research
- The university does not define a specific policy on AI use for drafting, editing, or preparing research papers, theses, dissertations, or manuscripts in the provided sources
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- The university does not define a specific policy on AI use for research data collection, analysis, statistics, synthetic data, or interpretation of results in the provided sources
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- The university does not define a research-specific AI ethics or integrity policy for grant proposals, IRB materials, ethics declarations, or other research compliance documents in the provided sources
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Academic Integrity
- Students are required to attribute language and ideas not their own by naming the source in the text or providing a citation
- The university does not establish a separate AI-specific disclosure requirement for permitted AI use; instead, the policy treats unauthorized AI-generated content as fabrication or falsification under academic dishonesty rules
In addition, when making use of language and some ideas, not his or her own, whether quoting them directly or paraphrasing them into his or her own words, the student must attribute the source of the material in some standard form, such as naming the source in the text or offering a citation.
• Fabricating or falsifying - which is the unauthorized falsification or invention of any data, information, or citation in an academic exercise, including the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated assignments.
- The university provides enforcement procedures and penalties for academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, but does not state a position on AI detection software in the provided sources
- Instructors must report issues to academic administrators, initial plagiarism penalties are at the instructor's discretion and may include course failure, repeated plagiarism may lead to expulsion, and students may appeal
Individual instructors are responsible to notify the Academic Dean and the Registrar within seven (7)
Penalties for an initial case of plagiarism are at the discretion of the course instructor and may include failure of the course. Penalties for repeated plagiarism in the same course or for plagiarism in multiple courses are at the discretion of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and may include expulsion from the college. Students may appeal a finding of plagiarism by filing a written appeal with the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs no more than one week after the original decision. The Vice President for Academic Affairs will schedule a hearing in which evidence of the alleged plagiarism will be presented by the faculty member.
Institutional & Administrative
- The university does not define any policy in the provided sources on faculty or staff use of AI for grading, feedback, teaching preparation, recommendation letters, or administrative work
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- The university does not define any policy in the provided sources on data protection rules for AI, approved AI platforms, restricted data categories, or prohibited AI systems
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- The university does not define an overarching AI governance framework, strategy, committee, or institutional roadmap in the provided sources
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Common Questions About Trinity College of Florida's AI Policies
Trinity College of Florida has defined AI policies in 12 of 12 categories, with an overall coverage score of 100%.
Students are required to attribute language and ideas not their own by naming the source in the text or providing a citation. The university does not establish a separate AI-specific disclosure requirement for permitted AI use; instead, the policy treats unauthorized AI-generated content as fabrication or falsification under academic dishonesty rules.
The university provides enforcement procedures and penalties for academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, but does not state a position on AI detection software in the provided sources. Instructors must report issues to academic administrators, initial plagiarism penalties are at the instructor's discretion and may include course failure, repeated plagiarism may lead to expulsion, and students may appeal.
The university does not define any policy in the provided sources on data protection rules for AI, approved AI platforms, restricted data categories, or prohibited AI systems.