AI Reports · Harvard · 2026-10-09 · Blog / commentary
How to teach in era of AI, grade inflation

At Harvard's Initiative for Learning and Teaching 15th annual conference, faculty discussed how to assess students amid widespread AI use and concerns about grade inflation. Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School said students who put business cases through ChatGPT gain only superficial knowledge, and proposed short in-person cases answered with no technology in the classroom.