(TNS) — A University of Michigan undergraduate student is suing the school, claiming she was falsely accused of using artificial intelligence in her coursework and denied disability accommodations during the appeal process.
The unnamed student, referred to as “Jane Doe” in the lawsuit, said she was unfairly accused of using AI in coursework for Great Books 191, an introductory-level class at the university. She named the graduate student instructor Theo Nash, lead instructor Basil Duffalo, the College of Literature, Science and the Arts Office of Student Academic Affairs Coordinator Sean Edgerton and OSAA Deputy Assistant Dean Christine O’Neil as defendants in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Doe is seeking unspecified damages to stop “ongoing and imminent transcript and graduation harm” while the case is pending and to obtain a fair, disability-informed process for appealing the accusation…