Policy presence
Washington State University has 5 source-backed public claims for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.
Pullman, United States
Washington State University
Washington State University is listed as QS 2026 rank =423. Washington State University has 7 source-backed AI policy claim records from 4 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.
Short answer
v1 public contract
Washington State University is listed as QS 2026 rank =423. Washington State University has 7 source-backed AI policy claim records from 4 official source attributions. The public record preserves original-language evidence snippets, source URLs, snapshot hashes, confidence, and review state.
Citation-ready summary
As of this public record, University AI Policy Tracker lists Washington State University as an agent-reviewed AI policy record last checked on May 16, 2026 and last changed on May 16, 2026. The record contains 7 source-backed claims, including 7 reviewed claims, from 4 official source attributions. Original-language evidence snippets and source URLs remain canonical, with public JSON available at https://eduaipolicy.org/api/public/v1/universities/washington-state-university.json. The entity-level confidence is 96%. This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless the linked source is the university's own official page.
Policy signals in this record
- Evidence includes Teaching claims.
- Evidence includes Academic integrity claims.
- Evidence includes AI tool treatment claims.
- Evidence includes Privacy claims.
- Evidence includes Research claims.
- No specific AI service name is highlighted by the current public claim text.
- Disclosure, acknowledgment, citation, or attribution language appears in the public claim text.
- Teaching, assessment, coursework, or syllabus-related language appears in the public claim text.
Review: Agent reviewed
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Policy profile
Deterministic source-backed dimensions derived from this record's public claims.
Review: Machine candidate
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AI disclosure
Washington State University has 2 source-backed public claims for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: required.
Coursework
Washington State University has 4 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Exams
Washington State University has 4 source-backed public claims for exams; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Privacy and data entry
Washington State University has 2 source-backed public claims for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: blocked.
Academic integrity
Washington State University has 3 source-backed public claims for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Approved tools
Washington State University has 1 source-backed public claim for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Named AI services
Washington State University has 2 source-backed public claims for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Teaching guidance
Washington State University has 3 source-backed public claims for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Research guidance
Washington State University has 2 source-backed public claims for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Security and procurement
No source-backed public claim about AI security review or procurement is present in this profile.
The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or enterprise licensing.
Coverage score measures breadth of public, source-backed coverage only. It is not a policy quality, strictness, legal adequacy, safety, or compliance score.
Evidence-backed claims
7 reviewed evidence-backed public claim
Teaching
WSU Provost guidance expects every instructor to set clear acceptable-AI-use expectations and to state the AI course policy in every class syllabus.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: every_instructor_expected_to_state_ai_course_policy_in_syllabus
Original evidence
Evidence 1The Office of the Provost expects every instructor to set clear expectations and policies related to acceptable AI use in their course(s). Instructors must clearly indicate their course policy about AI use in every class syllabus, and potentially, for each and every assessment.
Academic Integrity
WSU Provost guidance says WSU does not endorse AI detection tools and will not allow any AI detector to be the sole support for an academic misconduct case.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: ai_detector_not_sole_support_for_academic_misconduct_case
Original evidence
Evidence 1Currently, WSU does not endorse the use of any AI detection tool for several reasons. ... We will continue our policy of not allowing the use of any AI detector as the sole source of support for a case against a student for academic misconduct in the future.
Ai Tool Treatment
WSU Provost guidance says instructors may allow or prohibit generative AI tools for their courses, with an obligation to communicate the course AI policy clearly to enrolled students.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: instructors_may_allow_or_prohibit_generative_ai_with_clear_communication
Original evidence
Evidence 1Therefore, it is the instructor's prerogative to allow or prohibit the use of any generative AI tool. This decision comes with the obligation to accurately and clearly communicate AI policies to students enrolled in WSU courses across all campuses.
Privacy
WSU Provost AI-related policy guidance says Executive Policy 8 prohibits putting legally protected or regulated data, including proprietary, personally identifiable, HIPAA, or FERPA data, into generative AI platform queries.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: protected_or_regulated_data_prohibited_in_generative_ai_queries
Original evidence
Evidence 1Executive Policy 8 prohibits the inclusion of legally protected or regulated data (e.g., proprietary, personally identifiable information, HIPAA, FERPA) in queries provided to generative AI platforms like ChatGPT.
Research
WSU Office of Research guidance says researchers should generally not input sensitive data into externally sourced generative AI tools because such tools are unlikely to meet WSU data security policy requirements.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: researchers_generally_should_not_input_sensitive_data_into_external_gai_tools
Original evidence
Evidence 1Third-party software, tools, or information storage systems must comply with WSU data security policies. Because GAI tools are unlikely to meet these requirements, researchers should generally not input sensitive data into externally sourced GAI tools.
Academic Integrity
WSU Provost guidance states that students are expected to provide accurate and transparent attribution of AI use in classroom assessments.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: students_expected_to_attribute_ai_use_in_classroom_assessments
Original evidence
Evidence 1An expectation for our students is that there is accurate and transparent attribution of AI use in their classroom assessments.
Research
WSU Office of Research guidance recommends upholding academic integrity in research by clearly attributing the use of generative AI tools in research outputs and publications.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: research_outputs_should_clearly_attribute_gai_tool_use
Original evidence
Evidence 1Uphold standards of academic integrity by clearly attributing the use of GAI tools in research outputs and publications.
Candidate claims
0 machine or needs-review claim
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Official sources
4 source attribution
Detecting and Reporting Misconduct Related to Generative AI
provost.wsu.edu
Guidelines for Generative AI
research.wsu.edu
Provost Expectations for AI Use in Courses
provost.wsu.edu
WSU Policies Relating to Artificial Intelligence
provost.wsu.edu
Change log
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Corrections and missing evidence
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