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Northeastern college student demanded her tuition fees back after catching her professor using OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Ella Stapleton, a senior business student at Northeastern University, requested a tuition refund after discovering her professor used ChatGPT to generate lecture notes and feedback in early 2025.
Stapleton’s complaint arose because her course forbade unauthorized AI use, yet her professor admitted to using ChatGPT to create class materials and feedback without disclosure.
This incident reflects broader tensions as colleges regulate student AI use while some faculty increasingly incorporate generative AI tools for grading and teaching activities.
Stapleton’s $8,000 refund claim was denied by Northeastern after multiple meetings concluding at her graduation in May 2025, highlighting disputes over fairness and transparency in academic AI use.
Leading educators describe AI as an educational inflection point requiring careful adaptation to balance innovation with preserving critical thinking and equitable student-teacher engagement.

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College Students Are Outraged over Professors Using ChatGPT

Now that the tables have turned with professors starting to use AI chatbots like ChatGPT in class, some students are calling it hypocritical. One student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, even demanded a tuition refund after discovering her professor was using ChatGPT to providing feedback on her work.

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U.S. University Student Requires Reimbursement of Tuition After Finding Out His Teacher Used OpenAI ChatGPT · Global Voices

Things have changed. If teachers used to tremble with the idea that students would use ChatGPT to speed up their academic work, it is now the students who are raising their voices.

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Student Demanded Reimbursement because Professor Generated Documents with AI

Allegations of hypocriticalness for banning learners - complaints of this kind are becoming more and more common in the US

6 days ago·Vienna, Austria

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Northeastern U. Student Demands Tuition Refund After Catching Professor Using ChatGPT

Northeastern ultimately decided to reject Ella Stapleton's claim.

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A College Student Asks to Get Back the $8,000 Tuition because She Caught the Professor Using ChatGPT to Teach.

Educators complain that students use ChatGPT to do their jobs, but it also happens in the opposite direction, and it is just as serious.

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Student demands $8,000 refund after catching professor using ChatGPT in class materials

The New York Times writes that a Northeastern University student recently filed a formal complaint with the college after discovering that one of her professors used ChatGPT to generate lecture notes and presentation slides. Accusing the professor of hypocrisy for banning students from using the generative AI tool, she demanded...Read Entire Article

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