Dartmouth provost quits after an inquiry finds he used AI on an op-ed scolding students for USING AI to cheat

Santiago Schnell resigned as Dartmouth's provost on Wednesday after a faculty committee found he had relied on AI to write a Washington Post opinion piece in which he rebuked students for using the same technology to cheat. The August op-ed was rated "100%" AI-generated by analysis software Pangram. Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock said she expects senior leaders to "hold themselves to the highest standards."

The committee found evidence of AI use in two additional pieces of Schnell's academic writing, widening the controversy beyond the original op-ed.

Schnell insisted that AI had functioned only as a tool for 'language refinement' and editing, and had not produced the underlying work.

History professor Matthew Delmont will serve as interim provost until June 2028.