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Higher Education in the Age of AI: Chatgpt’s Impact on Students’ Academic Activities

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence
Volume 19 (2025): Issue 1 (July 2025)
By: Alexandra Constantin and  Silvia-Elena Iacob  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2025-0256 | Journal eISSN: 2558-9652
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Language: English
Page range: 3360 - 3376
Published on: Jul 24, 2025
Published by: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Higher Education,
AI in education,
ChatGPT adoption,
AI literacy,
students’ perceptions,
academic performance,
pilot study
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Business management,
Business management, other,
Industrial chemistry,
Energy harvesting and conversion

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