Professors Rapidly Adopt Generative AI for Curriculum and Grading
New data from Anthropic and a national Tyton Partners survey show growing use of generative AI by higher‑education faculty in the U.S. and worldwide: educators are using tools like Claude and Google’s Gemini for curriculum design, interactive learning tools, grading rubrics and administrative tasks. The findings—based on ~74,000 Claude conversations collected in late May–early June 2025 and a survey of more than 1,800 U.S. higher‑education staff—highlight a sharp rise in regular AI use since 2023 and signal implications for teaching practices, academic integrity and campus policy.
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🔍 Key Facts
- Anthropic analyzed roughly 74,000 Claude conversations (late May–early June 2025); 57% focused on curriculum development and 13% on academic research.
- Tyton Partners' national survey of 1,800+ higher‑education staff found about 40% of administrators and 30% of instructors use generative AI daily or weekly (up from 2% and 4% in spring 2023).
- Professors report using AI for lesson design, coding interactive simulations, drafting grant proposals and creating grading rubrics—often as a collaborative, time‑saving tool that they then verify for alignment with learning objectives.