{"id":266046,"date":"2026-06-06T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/university-of-phoenix-researchers-publish-study-examining-doctoral-students-attitudes-toward-ai-chatbots-and-chatgpt-use-in-higher-education\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:25:12","slug":"university-of-phoenix-researchers-publish-study-examining-doctoral-students-attitudes-toward-ai-chatbots-and-chatgpt-use-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/university-of-phoenix-researchers-publish-study-examining-doctoral-students-attitudes-toward-ai-chatbots-and-chatgpt-use-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Phoenix researchers publish study examining doctoral students’ attitudes toward AI chatbots and ChatGPT use in higher education"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Phoenix researchers publish study examining doctoral students’ attitudes toward AI chatbots and ChatGPT use in higher education<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-06 14:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Peer-reviewed study by Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research
team highlights connections between student perceptions of AI, academic integrity
concerns and reported chatbot usage <\/p>\n

PHOENIX<\/span>, June 6, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Researchers from the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies have published new peer-reviewed research examining graduate students’ attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and their reported use of ChatGPT in higher education environments. The article, “Relationship between Students’ Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their usage of AI Chatbots,” appears in the International Journal of AI in Pedagogy, Innovation, and Learning Futures, 2026(1).<\/p>\n

The quantitative study explored how doctoral students perceive AI chatbots in relation to academic integrity, ethics and educational value. Researchers surveyed 54 doctoral students enrolled at a private, online university in the United States to better understand how attitudes toward AI tools may influence reported usage patterns.<\/p>\n

The findings suggest that favorable attitudes toward AI chatbot use, perceptions that chatbot-generated results are superior and disagreement with prohibiting chatbot use were positively correlated with reported ChatGPT usage frequency. Researchers also found significant differences across fields of study, while no statistically significant gender differences were observed.<\/p>\n

The full article is available at https:\/\/journals.calstate.edu\/ijaipil\/article\/view\/6968<\/p>\n

Key findings from the study include:<\/p>\n