In The Conversation, Salmaan Khan (Toronto Metropolitan University) argues that the issue of students using generative AI (genAI) to cheat on their coursework stems from systemic issues in postsecondary education. The author asserts that declining public funding for postsecondary education has led to the marketization of education, rising tuition fees, and precarious faculty employment. Institutions, in turn, have increasingly relied on larger class sizes, while students face mounting financial challenges. Khan maintains that students feel pressured to pass due to the high cost of education, spurring them to cheat using genAI. Khan notes that students also cheat when they feel disconnected from the coursework, which is a side effect of today‘s larger class sizes. The author concludes that concerns about genAI-enabled cheating must be understood within this broader context and addressed at the systemic level.