Specifically, when asked about students’ use of AI, the public remains skeptical. Half (53 percent) believe that students’ use of AI negatively impacts their learning, compared to 27 percent who think it could be positive and 18 percent who think there is no impact (see Figure 1). When it comes to how colleges are using AI in teaching and supporting students, public opinion also leans negatively. More Americans (46 percent) think that faculty and staff’s use of AI will negatively impact their support for students. A third believe that institutional use of AI will positively impact students, and 19 percent say there is no impact (see Figure 2). Professors are beginning to productively incorporate AI into their classrooms. However, a few faculty members have incorrectly used AI, leading students’ work to be wrongly disqualified.
