Overview
- Princeton faculty approved a shift to proctor every in-person exam starting this summer, ending a hallmark system that left test rooms unmonitored since 1893.
- Under the new rules, instructional staff will be present as witnesses and will file detailed reports of suspected misconduct to the student-run Honor Committee.
- Students will still make the traditional pledge before each exam, preserving the Honor Code’s statement even as oversight moves from peers to instructors.
- Administrators point to phones and generative AI that let students look up answers or switch screens out of view, and a student survey found about 30% admitted cheating and only 0.4% reported a peer.
- Student leaders and faculty said peers fear online shaming and doxxing if they report classmates, and experts note proctoring can ease that burden while other campuses, including Stanford, expand supervised testing.