On sites like Rate My Professors, complaints are stacking up about instructors using AI to write feedback, design course slides, and even grade assignments
ChatGPT’s 2022 launch sparked panic across schools over cheating on assignments. However, turning the tables now, numerous students are criticizing their professors for relying too much on AI chatbots for coursework and assessment evaluations.
On sites like Rate My Professors, complaints about instructors using AI to write feedback, design course slides, and even grade assignments are stacking up.
One student transferred schools after discovering that her professor from Southern New Hampshire University used ChatGPT to grade her paper, after the faculty member accidentally posted their chatbot exchange in the comment section.
The university later confirmed that its teaching guidelines forbid using tools like Grammarly and ChatGPT “in place of authentic, human-centric feedback.”
Another student from Northeastern University demanded reimbursement of her business course tuition fee after she found her professor used error-filled AI-generated content on teaching slides.
The institution has now mandated faculty to disclose the use of AI tools in teaching.
Though using AI in education is a balancing act that students and faculty are still figuring out, professors say AI saves time on lesson planning and administrative tasks. Some say they have more hours to engage with pupils. A handful also claim that teaching assistant roles could be done by AI assistants soon.
A 2023 national survey of over 1,800 instructors found that 18% were frequent AI users. The number nearly doubled in 2024.