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R0031/2026-03-29/C004/S01

Research R0031 — Plural Voice Claims (Blind)
Run 2026-03-29
Claim C004
Search S01

WebSearch — Students submitting AI-generated content

Summary

Field Value
Source/Database WebSearch
Query terms 22% students submit AI generated content as own work academic integrity survey
Filters None
Results returned 10
Results selected 2
Results rejected 8

Selected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S01-R01 Half of College Students Say Using AI Is Cheating - BestColleges https://www.bestcolleges.com/research/college-students-ai-tools-survey/ Source of the 22% figure
S01-R02 56% of College Students Have Used AI - BestColleges https://www.bestcolleges.com/research/most-college-students-have-used-ai-survey/ Updated figure showing rapid change

Rejected Results

Result Title URL Rationale
S01-R03 AI and Academic Integrity (UNT) https://ci.unt.edu/computational-humanities-information-literacy-lab/aiandai.pdf Academic paper, not the source of 22%
S01-R04 ScienceDirect systematic review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291125000269 Review article, secondary
S01-R05 CMU academic integrity policies https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/technology/aitools/academicintegrity/index.html Policy page, not data
S01-R06 Cornell AI & Academic Integrity https://teaching.cornell.edu/generative-artificial-intelligence/ai-academic-integrity Policy page
S01-R07 Tandfonline AI use declarations https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02602938.2024.2415654 Different scope
S01-R08 Flagler College AI guide https://flagler.libguides.com/c.php?g=1449135&p=10980123 Library guide
S01-R09 PMC AI and education https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11540794/ Different topic focus
S01-R10 RutlandHerald AI performance https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/business/4-in-5-students-say-ai-improved-their-academic-performance-but-only-20-of-universities/article_4ac22d9f-3744-53a3-b481-c14213bdfd05.html Different statistic

Notes

The 22% figure traced to BestColleges March 2023 survey. Later surveys show dramatically higher rates.