#HandwrittenExams

Universities in the United States are witnessing a surprising resurgence of the humble blue book—an exam staple of a bygone era—in a bid to counteract a mounting epidemic of AI-assisted cheating. As artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT proliferate in academic settings, educators report that traditional in-class writing by hand is making a comeback, raising urgent questions about academic integrity and the future of assessment both in America and abroad, including Thailand.