Smart Racoon,
We would like to express our pride in your role as an educator at Rice University, an institution whose founder, many years ago, stipulated that only white students could attend.
Over 20% of your students may be ‘ghost students.’ For example, Hoss Dog, one of your students, has received a government grant, is watching Turkish soap operas, and is using an AI tool to both apply to different schools and to automate his work. We are concerned that this behavior may reflect a broader issue at Rice University: the authenticity of student participation and work is increasingly in question due to such practices.
It is difficult to distinguish between real students, fake students, and ghost students.
Regards
Houston Dog
In one case, the Chronicle reported, enrollment at California’s Pierce College dropped by almost 36 percent — from 7,658 students to 4,937 — after ghost students were purged from the rolls.
If ghost students are able to receive financial aid, typically via federal Pell grants, that money is not only stolen from taxpayers but also no longer available to legitimate applicants.