Updated April 24, 2025
Newlane University is committed to expanding access to quality education and supporting students in their academic growth. Preparing students today means helping them develop a solid foundation of knowledge, guiding them on how to think independently and adaptively, and teaching them how to use powerful tools—such as generative technologies based on large language models (commonly referred to as “AI”)—with integrity and purpose. When used well, AI can enhance learning and improve efficiency; misused, it can undermine the educational experience. That’s why Newlane provides resources and guidance to help students use AI effectively and ethically.
To this end, Newlane has taken the following concrete steps:
- Incorporated AI instruction into multiple courses, including a dedicated module on using AI as a learning tool.
- Shared resources to support responsible and effective student use of AI.
- Established protocols for faculty to address and effectively redirect potential misuses of AI in student work.
- Required students to disclose if and how AI was used in their project submissions.
While AI has the potential to dramatically enhance efficiency and feedback across a wide range of domains in education, Newlane remains committed to direct faculty-student interaction as the foundation of academic development and the culmination of assessment. Newlane faculty serve as knowledgeable facilitators of learning and qualified assessors of mastery. We believe Newlane’s Course Hearing framework is the best current standard that can be implemented at scale for meaningful assessment of student mastery at the college level in an environment where AI is readily accessible.
As AI continues to evolve, we remain dedicated to its responsible and ethical integration. In doing so, our aim is always to support our students’ educational development. See our AI and Academic Integrity Resource Page for more information about how Newlane has implemented resources to help students effectively and ethically use AI in their academic and professional development.