> they can't give a student a 0 when they've obviously used chatGPT (ie cheated) for an assignment. I used to teach at university level (not in the US). I gave

> they can't give a student a 0 when they've obviously used chatGPT (ie cheated) for an assignment. I used to teach at university level (not in the US). I gave a 0 to a cheating student. Next day, the head of the section came to me in a panic. "omg, what have you done? you can't do that...". Actually, I think he wasn't even worried about legal implications, he genuinely thought this was very unfair to the student and that I was some kind of prick. Actually, there are very specific procedures to deal with cheating, and it's so time consuming that it's better to avoid them altogether and just close your eyes. Edit: another anecdote, I refused late students to my class (after warning them several times). Again, I got reprimanded by the head of the department for being too strict.