Brown University Students Cheat with AI, In-Person Final Exam Scores Plunge
ProfChesterman · x · 2026-07-19
Suspecting students of using AI to cheat during an open-book midterm, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano shifted the final exam to an in-person, closed-book format.
The results were staggering: 27 students missed the final (18 dropped the course, 9 didn't show up), and 22 of those 27 had scored perfectly on the midterm. Among those who took the final exam, the average score plummeted from 96% on the midterm to just 49%.
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