Covering the increase of fraudulent students registering in community college programs:

The objective of the bots is to exploit state and federal financial assistance funds by enrolling in courses and maintaining enrollment just long enough for aid payouts to occur. They frequently achieve this by submitting work generated by AI. Moreover, due to the open admissions policy of community colleges, they have been materially affected by this deception.

The article discusses the escalation of this form of fraud, the challenges in identifying it, and how it disrupts a significant portion of the class framework and educational environment.

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