r/SNHU

I posted this to r/adjuncts and received a request to cross-post here. Hoping it catches the attention of SNHU administrators so we can get some answers.

To any students reading this: Just want to clarify that I don't believe that ALL students are cheating with AI (just the majority!). I do appreciate and admire those of you who do the work - keep it up.

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I "teach" two sections a term of purely asynchronous, online college composition courses at SNHU. It's really more like facilitation and grading than teaching because the courses are so templated, which is perfectly fine because it's easy (if not much) money. I'm lucky to have a full-time day job in higher ed admin and I adjunct mainly to save money for my kid's college education, so I'm trying not to grouse too much.

That said...

I've been teaching composition in both online and in-person formats for 20+ years. Since the emergence of AI, it just doesn't seem possible in an asynch, online environment. I would estimate that 80% of student work is completely or mostly AI-generated. If I took the time to report every infraction to academic integrity, it would take up all my time (the reporting honestly takes more time than grading does) and make working for SNHU pointless.

So, I've taken to reporting only the most absolutely glaring of AI-generated writing. Even then, it seems somewhat pointless and the lag time on the reviews is ABSURD. I just got back a review I submitted in July (it's October) for a class that ended over a month ago. Every single time, it comes back as a verified infraction, but the student is never given more than a "warning" - even for multiple infractions in the same course!

It feels like I'm in absolute bizarro land grading the work of bots 10-12 hours a week. It beats gutting fish or working in a poultry plant, but man, so much for the joy of teaching.

I've written to the Deans for guidance and to ask what their long-term vision/strategy is on this issue, but I've gotten nothing back besides apologies for delays and: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Honestly, WTF?! Wearing my administrator hat, I would think that SNHU would be concerned with the integrity of their brand. If they're churning out cheaters who haven't learned anything, in a few years employers will catch on and won't want to hire SNHU graduates, and in turn prospective students won't want to go there. This seems like an absolute race to the bottom that should be a major concern for the university, but no one seems to care.

Does anyone have a different read or take? Where do you see this going in the next 5 years? I'm not very active in the field of composition studies and I wonder what alternatives have been proposed for online/asynchronous environments. Does anyone work at SNHU and know what the heck is going on?

One of my professors posted in the class announcements about how anything about 30% will trigger turnitin's AI detections. Which is wild cause this class uses a LOT of templates. When I run Microsoft Words similarity detections on something like this, it flags almost every single Templated section as being from SNHU.

So by that parameters, wouldn't turnitin do the same thing and why should the student be flagged and get possibly reprimanded for it??

Yall, i’m getting exhausted.
I’m literally almost done with college, I’m getting the degree just to help with a promotion at work. I love writing, I’m an author, I have a blog, I’ve been published internationally, locally in zines, all before AI and ever since.
And before people bring up the argument of it shouldn’t bother me because yada yada it’s not affecting me, when it comes to the arts it does! when people plug your writing into AI chat bots, it uses it to train itself. I don’t care if you’re a math major using AI (i do but it’s beyond the point.)
Our assignment was so simple for module six, we just had to show our peers what we’ve been working on (encouraged to make a website— but didn’t have to) my peer made a website through chatgpt, alongside AI book covers, AI descriptions of everything.
I replied to her that her AI website feels “inauthentic” and would be hard for peers to connect to. She replies that making websites and getting book covers is expensive (her exact quote was like $2,000 for a book cover…which is just…not accurate.)
As a writer, I feel like we’re so doomed. I know there’s gonna be people telling me not to care, and that she’s being smart by taking the easy way out, but for the love of god it’s a creative writing class, it’s so stupid.
Icing on the cake, she used AI to reply to my feedback lol.

I am being told, "There are some minor errors in how the attributions are formatted, based on citation style guidelines." According to APA style, there are in-text and paragraph citations. Do you all cite in-text in the paragraph if needed, or do you put all your citations at the end of the paragraph? Sometimes there are multiple sources. I do both, depending on how the information is presented. I believe they are formatted properly; I think it's just the location.

Thanks for any help, and no, I don't want to pay anyone to help me.

can’t believe it’s been 4 years! i’m about to graduate with my BA in Psychology. What a wild ride.

What’s one of the best memories yall had during your time at SNHU?

I’m 38 haven’t been in school since getting tossed out and getting my ged in high school 20 years ago. Haven’t done much studying since. Only studying I’ve done was for financial licenses. I start my bachelors of science in finance October 26th. Any advice or tips?

How much writing do most classes have especially for the finance degree? That’s where I’m the most concerned writing.

Hi everyone, I’m sorry for coming on here but I don’t know who else to talk to about this. I’m a 21 year old recent college graduate and I just started my MS program here at SNHU, but I can’t help feeling like I’m not smart enough for this. I just feel so young and like I’m not supposed to be here. I don’t know how to shake this feeling, I know I’ll be okay but it’s just so disheartening to keep feeling like this. Thank you for listening and I hope everyone has a great day/night.

Hello all. I have 4 courses left to finish my Bachelor's in IT, and I am currently set to finish after 2027 C-3 (May - Jun). I usually only take 1 course per term, but I would like to finish one term sooner. Of these four remaining classes, would anyone recommend taking both in a single term?

IT-409: Impact of Systems on Orgs (optional Business Systems Applications)

DAT-300: Data Validation: Getting the Right Data (for Data Analytics concentration)

IT-423: Computing as a Service

IT-482 IT Ops/Systems Planning

IT-482 seems pretty heavy. I was thinking about doiI'm thinking about takingng DAT-300 with IT-423. I am working with my advisor, but I wanted to see if anyone who's taken these courses has any input.
Thanks!

Hello all
I have 8 courses left to get my BS operation management degree , this is how I’m planning for my following four terms :
Term 1: qso321 + qso328
Term 2: bus225 + qso325
Term 3: ids410 + qso415
Term 4: qso489 + bus400

The sequence is a bit restricted due to the pre requisite over each others . And also i realized i can’t put two courses together at the same term if one is the pre requisite of the other one .
What do you all think of this pairing ? Am i gonna be in trouble for term 4 ? Due to the heavy loading ?

Thanks