According to this report (29 page PDF), "students benefit when institutions and instructors take a proactive approach to AI use." Nonetheless, "institutional support for student use of AI remains a challenge" while most research focuses only on writing tasks. This report broadens the question, asking how "student use and perceptions of AI in higher education impact student engagement." It's interesting, because while some students do indeed use AI to write assignments, we see more use dedicated to things like idea generation, time-saving on routine tasks (like grammar and spell check), tinkering with ideas, and summarizing articles. "Participants turned to AI when they believed assignments to be repetitive, redundant, or busy work." On engagement, the paper argues that "AI deepened emotional engagement, such as interest, meaningfulness, and belonging." And they note that "The transcripts also make clear that students are going to use AI whether it is allowed or not. This tension is not going to resolve itself."
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