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Brown University professor reports score drop after switching final to in-person exam
A Brown University economics professor said scores on a take-home midterm fell sharply when students took an in-person final. The university's academic integrity committee is reviewing the case.
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Brown University professor Roberto Serrano said scores on a take-home midterm in his welfare economics class dropped after he administered an in-person final exam. Serrano told Business Insider that some students who received perfect scores on the midterm scored below 20 percent on the final.
He attributed the change to possible use of artificial intelligence on the take-home test. The midterm had been given remotely after a December campus shooting.
University response Brown vice president for news and strategic campus communications Brian E. Clark stated that Serrano shared the data with the university's standing committee on the academic code on July 8. The committee is proceeding according to its established procedures. Clark added that Brown treats every allegation of academic integrity with the utmost seriousness.
Online reaction Serrano said he has received hundreds of emails about the score chart, including messages from Brown alumni. He also reported receiving texts from colleagues who are off campus for summer break. Serrano said he plans to stop giving take-home exams and will remove the homework component from future grade calculations.
