The former provost at Dartmouth College, who resigned Wednesday after a faculty committee concluded that he had not disclosed the use of artificial intelligence in some of his writing, said Friday that he had not been given a meaningful chance to respond to the review.
A faculty committee determined that Santiago Schnell, a mathematical biologist from Venezuela, had violated the requirements of an academic journal by using AI to alter his work and had failed to disclose to The Washington Post his use of AI in an opinion piece he wrote.
Questions about his work drew attention as universities navigate the fast-evolving complexities of AI use.
An attorney for Schnell said that he had made the difficult decision to resign as provost and from the Dartmouth faculty “out of deep respect for his colleagues and the broader Dartmouth community, and so as not to bring further distraction to the institution.”
“Although he was not afforded a meaningful opportunity to present his account during the College’s internal review, he has chosen to allow the Dartmouth community to move forward,” Andrew Miltenberg wrote in an email Friday.
A spokesperson for Dartmouth declined to comment on the response, and referred back to the president’s earlier statement on the matter.
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