Hidden Costs of Detection-Only Academic Integrity Solutions
Academic integrity is at a crossroads. As institutions navigate the challenges of AI in education, many continue to rely on detection-based plagiarism tools like Turnitin—which utilizes a punitive approach to catch, or “detect” misconduct after a student submits their assignment, removing an opportunity for students to learn from their mistakes.
While detection is a necessary safeguard, institutions are starting to recognize the hidden costs of ONLY using this approach—costs that go beyond the price of the software itself. From false accusations of plagiarism to faculty workload, student disengagement, and institutional liability, detection-only solutions are proving to be an outdated and increasingly problematic approach to academic integrity and originality.
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