After 133 Years, Princeton Is Going Back to Proctoring Exams After 133 Years, Princeton Is Going Back to Proctoring Exams The faculty committee’s report cited concerns about widespread cheating with generative AI Students take an exam in McCosh 50, circa 1951 Princeton University Library By Julie Bonette Published May 12, 2026
Princeton to require proctors for exams after 133 years Princeton to require proctors for exams after 133 years Historic policy shift: Faculty voted to end unproctored exams for the first time since 1893, citing AI-driven cheating concerns
Princeton faculty mandate proctoring for in-person exams . . . The faculty voted Monday to require universal proctoring for all in-person examinations in response to mounting concerns over AI-assisted cheating and declining student reporting of Honor Code violations The policy, which takes effect July 1, preserves the student-run Honor Committee system while requiring instructors to serve as witnesses
Princeton scraps honor code and will supervise exams for . . . Princeton scraps honor code and will supervise exams for first time in 133 years because of AI Princeton’s honor code was implemented in 1893 after students petitioned to get rid of exam proctors
Princeton Introduces Proctoring, Changing Honor Code Princeton isn’t the first institution to amend its honor code to include proctoring; in 2023, Stanford University faculty introduced proctoring for some in-person exams In 2014—long before generative artificial intelligence was available to the public—Middlebury College’s economics department decided to proctor exams