Princeton University’s faculty voted this week to proctor all in-person exams, fundamentally altering a 133-year-old honor system that has relied on students to monitor for and report cheating. But it ...

For more than a century, Princeton University prided itself on an honor code so revered that proctoring during exams was banned. Students’ pledge not to cheat was enough. Those days are over—largely ...

Policy shift: Princeton will require proctors for all in-person exams starting July 1, 2026, replacing its honor code system. Cheating deterrence: Faculty cited growing AI use by students and the need ...

Since 1893, students at one of the world’s most prestigious universities have taken exams in a relaxed environment without professors lurking about the room to ensure no talking or wandering eyes. The ...

Historic policy shift: Faculty voted to end unproctored exams for the first time since 1893, citing AI-driven cheating concerns. Mixed campus reaction: Surveys show a slim majority of students support ...