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Research

Lehigh's human-subjects research guidance says use of AI to analyze or process data must be disclosed to participants during consent.

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Normalized value: AI analysis or processing of human-subjects research data must be disclosed in the participant consent process.

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Use of AI to analyze or process data must be disclosed to participants as part of the consent process. The consent language must describe which AI tools will be used during or after the study, and whether AI tools will be used to process identifiable or de-identified data.

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Lehigh research guidance requires AI data analysis or processing to be disclosed during consent.

Source Status

Lehigh's AI guiding principles page states that the principles are shared guideposts and are not intended to function as policy statements or a mandate.

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Normalized value: AI guiding principles are not policy statements or a mandate.

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These principles are not intended to function as policy statements or a mandate. They are shared guideposts: a common starting point to support units, departments, and teams as they continue local, discipline-appropriate conversations about productive and responsible AI use.

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Lehigh describes the principles as guideposts, not policy statements or a mandate.

Ai Tool Treatment

Claude Pro is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"claude","rawToolName":"Claude Pro","description":"Claude Pro can be requested free by Lehigh faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Request access through Lehigh's enhanced AI tools process.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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Claude Pro

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Claude Pro

Ai Tool Treatment

Claude via Lehigh LLM Gateway is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"claude","rawToolName":"Claude via Lehigh LLM Gateway","description":"Claude via Lehigh LLM Gateway is available through Lehigh's free LibreChat LLM Gateway for faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Open the Lehigh LLM Gateway; no separate sign-up is required.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"self_hosted_system"}

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

Ai Tool Treatment

Copilot Pro is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"microsoft_copilot","rawToolName":"Copilot Pro","description":"Copilot Pro can be requested free by Lehigh faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Request access through Lehigh's enhanced AI tools process.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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Copilot Pro

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Copilot Pro

Ai Tool Treatment

Gemini via Lehigh LLM Gateway is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"gemini","rawToolName":"Gemini via Lehigh LLM Gateway","description":"Gemini via Lehigh LLM Gateway is available through Lehigh's free LibreChat LLM Gateway for faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Open the Lehigh LLM Gateway; no separate sign-up is required.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"self_hosted_system"}

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

Ai Tool Treatment

Google AI Pro is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"gemini","rawToolName":"Google AI Pro","description":"Google AI Pro can be requested free by Lehigh faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Request access through Lehigh's enhanced AI tools process.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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Evidence 1
faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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Google AI Pro

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Google AI Pro

Ai Tool Treatment

Google AI Studio is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"google_ai_studio","rawToolName":"Google AI Studio","description":"Lehigh lists Google AI Studio among Google AI tools available to all campus users.","howToObtain":"Access through the Lehigh Google environment.","costToUser":"Included for campus users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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The LLM Gateway is an addition to the suite of Google AI tools available to all campus users

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The LLM Gateway is an addition to the suite of Google AI tools available to all campus users

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AI Studio

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AI Studio

Ai Tool Treatment

Google Gemini is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"gemini","rawToolName":"Google Gemini","description":"Lehigh lists Gemini among Google AI tools available to all campus users.","howToObtain":"Access through the Lehigh Google environment.","costToUser":"Included for campus users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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The LLM Gateway is an addition to the suite of Google AI tools available to all campus users

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The LLM Gateway is an addition to the suite of Google AI tools available to all campus users

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Gemini

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Gemini

Ai Tool Treatment

Lehigh LibreChat LLM Gateway is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"Lehigh LibreChat LLM Gateway","description":"Lehigh provides a LibreChat multi-model LLM Gateway free to all faculty and graduate students without a separate access request.","howToObtain":"Open the Lehigh LibreChat LLM Gateway; no sign-up is required.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"self_hosted_system"}

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

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This tool is available to you now, there is no need to sign up for access.

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This tool is available to you now, there is no need to sign up for access.

Ai Tool Treatment

NotebookLM is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"notebooklm","rawToolName":"NotebookLM","description":"Lehigh lists NotebookLM among Google AI tools available to all campus users.","howToObtain":"Access through the Lehigh Google environment.","costToUser":"Included for campus users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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Evidence 1
The LLM Gateway is an addition to the suite of Google AI tools available to all campus users

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The LLM Gateway is an addition to the suite of Google AI tools available to all campus users

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NotebookLM

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NotebookLM

Ai Tool Treatment

OpenAI ChatGPT is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"chatgpt","rawToolName":"OpenAI ChatGPT","description":"OpenAI ChatGPT can be requested free by Lehigh faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Request access through Lehigh's enhanced AI tools process.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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faculty and graduate students may now request free access to one of the following advanced AI tools:

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OpenAI ChatGPT

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OpenAI ChatGPT

Ai Tool Treatment

OpenAI via Lehigh LLM Gateway is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"chatgpt","rawToolName":"OpenAI via Lehigh LLM Gateway","description":"OpenAI via Lehigh LLM Gateway is available through Lehigh's free LibreChat LLM Gateway for faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Open the Lehigh LLM Gateway; no separate sign-up is required.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"self_hosted_system"}

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Evidence 1
all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

Ai Tool Treatment

Perplexity via Lehigh LLM Gateway is listed for Lehigh University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"perplexity","rawToolName":"Perplexity via Lehigh LLM Gateway","description":"Perplexity via Lehigh LLM Gateway is available through Lehigh's free LibreChat LLM Gateway for faculty and graduate students.","howToObtain":"Open the Lehigh LLM Gateway; no separate sign-up is required.","costToUser":"Free to eligible Lehigh users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"self_hosted_system"}

Original evidence

Evidence 1
all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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all Lehigh faculty and graduate students now have free access to

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Evidence 2
which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

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which provides access to a variety of Generative AI tools (including OpenAI, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini) within a single interface.

Privacy

Lehigh tells faculty, staff, students, and affiliates that institutional, restricted, or critical data may not be submitted to online systems including generative AI tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: Do not submit institutional, restricted, or critical data to generative AI or other online information systems.

Original evidence

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For this reason you may not submit institutional data, restricted data, or critical data-this restriction is covered by Lehigh's Acceptable Use of Computing Systems Policy.

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Lehigh says institutional, restricted, or critical data may not be submitted to these systems, including generative AI tools.

Security Review

Lehigh says community members who learn of a potential data protection or confidentiality breach through generative AI tools or otherwise are required to report it to the Office of Information Security.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: Potential data protection or confidentiality breaches involving generative AI must be reported to Lehigh's Office of Information Security.

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Any member of the Lehigh community who learns of a potential breach of data protection or confidentiality- through the use of Generative AI tools or otherwise -is required by Section 5 of Lehigh's Acceptable Use Policy to report the incident to the Office of Information Security at [email protected].

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Lehigh requires reporting potential data protection or confidentiality breaches involving generative AI tools to Information Security.

Academic Integrity

Lehigh says students are expected to follow instructor-set course rules and university academic integrity rules when using generative AI.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: Student generative AI use is governed by course-specific instructor rules and university academic integrity rules.

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Students are expected to follow course-specific rules set by their instructors as well as academic integrity rules set by the university, as captured in the Student Code of Conduct.

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Lehigh states that students must follow instructor course rules and university academic-integrity rules.

Research

Lehigh says AI services acceptable for Class II data may be used in human-subjects research upon IRB approval, while unapproved services should be reviewed with LTS for data-security requirements.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: Class II acceptable AI services require IRB approval for human-subjects research use; unapproved services should be checked with LTS.

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Services that are acceptable for Class II data may be used in human subjects research upon approval from the IRB. In order to avoid security breaches, you must access these AI services via your Lehigh account.

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Lehigh research guidance allows Class II acceptable AI services in human-subjects research upon IRB approval and requires Lehigh-account access.

Teaching

Lehigh advises instructors to give students clear guidance on how generative AI tools may be used in coursework and research.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

Normalized value: Instructors are advised to provide clear student guidance on generative AI use in coursework and research.

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Instructors are advised to give students clear guidance on the use of Generative AI tools for coursework and research.

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Lehigh advises instructors to provide clear student guidance about generative AI use.

Teaching

Lehigh's CITL guidance tells faculty to directly address generative AI and provide explicit guidance about whether and how students may use AI-powered tools in class.

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Normalized value: Faculty classroom guidance should address AI directly and state whether and how AI-powered tools may be used.

Original evidence

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Directly address generative AI in your classroom, in your syllabi, in each assignment prompt, and in course materials. Provide students with explicit guidance about whether and how they may use AI-powered tools in your class.

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Lehigh CITL guidance tells faculty to directly address AI and explain whether and how students may use AI-powered tools.

Source record

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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Lehigh University AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/lehigh-university

Original university source language remains canonical. This tracker is not an official university statement.

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