DiscoverMarketplace TechColleges turn to video essays to counter AI-written submissions
Colleges turn to video essays to counter AI-written submissions

Colleges turn to video essays to counter AI-written submissions

Update: 2025-09-30
Share

Description

Colleges and universities are dealing with a growing problem of college admission essays being written by artificial intelligence. Rather than try to figure out which essays are AI-generated, some schools are turning to an alternative approach: Have students submit a video instead.


Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Anne Kim, senior editor at Washington Monthly magazine who recently wrote about this new strategy that's gaining steam in higher education.

Comments 
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Colleges turn to video essays to counter AI-written submissions

Colleges turn to video essays to counter AI-written submissions

Marketplace