Faculty are continuing to face challenges in managing student AI use and ensuring academic integrity on exams and assignments. In many cases, faculty use text comparison and AI detector tools to flag AI-generated content and restrict its use in the classroom. Given the unreliability of such detectors, however, there is a growing body of lawsuits challenging academic dishonesty charges and sanctions, on different grounds, based on a student’s use of generative AI on essays, tests, and other coursework (when prohibited).
Character (Still) Counts: Moral Injury and the Case for Character Education
Many academic leaders remember the Character Counts! initiative from the 1990s and early 2000s. It was visible in schools and youth programs nationwide, emphasizing as core values the Six Pillars
Teresa Maggard Stephens
June 15, 2026
