Why is Walden marked ON?

Walden maintains formal academic integrity governance and expects transparent, attributable student-authored work.

What is the safest Walden workflow?

Retain section-level drafts, source trails, and explicit disclosure of where AI support was used and then human-edited.

Walden's student handbook and writing-center policy materials emphasize academic integrity, attribution, and truthful representation of authorship.

Current detector status: Enabled.

In graduate and dissertation-prep tracks, undocumented AI restructuring of arguments can conflict with originality and scholarly voice expectations.

Card A - Safe Path

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Card B - Efficiency Path

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