The National Student Legal Defense Network launched a Student AI Bill of Rights as part of its SHAPE AI initiative, urging institutions to adopt clear student protections as AI tools move into higher education. The advisory committee includes institutional leaders, policy experts, and consumer advocates, and the bill is framed around transparency, oversight, privacy, and appeal rights. The five articles include a right to notice about where and how AI is used to evaluate students; requirements for human oversight and appeal for high-stakes decisions like admissions and academic standing; and data sovereignty protections that clarify enrollment is not consent to commercialize student academic work or personal data. The bill also calls for bias protections and safe AI use, and it emphasizes that higher education should prepare students to engage with AI as informed citizens. Student Defense President Aaron Ament said institutions should sign on to support these principles as AI expands into recruitment, admissions, instruction, and student support. As campuses expand AI-enabled systems, the guidance is likely to shape how student-facing policies, consent language, and governance processes are built—and how litigation risk may be managed across enrollment and academic workflows.
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