Perceptions About Generative AI and ChatGPT Use by Faculty and Students

The vast majority of surveyed faculty and students expressed a desire for training and education on AI tools.

“The vast majority expressed a desire for training and education on AI tools (Petricini et al., 2024).”

Faculty and students widely agreed that using ChatGPT in coursework would violate current institutional policies, even as they also agreed that GenAI holds educational value.

“A substantial concern was academic integrity: Faculty and students widely agreed that using ChatGPT in coursework would violate current institutional policies, even as they also agreed that GenAI holds educational value.”

In the surveyed group, only a minority had actually used ChatGPT, although the majority reported high familiarity.

“In the group of faculty and students surveyed, at the time only a minority had actually used ChatGPT, although the majority reported high familiarity.”

Both faculty and students were generally familiar with the technology but remained uncertain about it.

“Both groups were generally familiar with the technology but remained uncertain about it.”

Higher education stakeholders acknowledge AI's importance and inevitability but need support to overcome uncertainties.

“Overall, the research suggests that higher education stakeholders acknowledge AI's importance and inevitability but need support to overcome uncertainties.”

In a recent survey of 286 faculty and 380 students, overall use of ChatGPT was infrequent, though most respondents acknowledged its use is inevitable in higher education.

“In a recent survey of 286 faculty and 380 students, we found overall use of ChatGPT was infrequent, though most respondents acknowledged its use is inevitable in higher education (Petricini et al., 2024).”

Although faculty and students acknowledge AI's inevitability, significant apprehension persists, and uncertainty can be amplified by exaggerated public narratives oscillating between dystopian fear and utopian optimism.

“Zipf et al. (2024) further demonstrated that although faculty and students acknowledge AI's inevitability, significant apprehension persists, reinforcing that uncertainty can be amplified by exaggerated public narratives oscillating between dystopian fear and utopian optimism Petricini, 2024a; Petricini et al., 2024).”