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Spring 2025 baseline · June 2026 update

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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 15 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 9 source-verified findings (7 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.

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Team/Lead: Fullerton College/Academic Senate/ AI Workgroup/Professor of Business Management Gary Graves
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Policies
  • Catalog AI Guidelines (instructor-discretion model). The 2025-2026 Fullerton College catalog includes 'AI Guidelines' stating instructors retain academic freedom to permit, restrict, or prohibit AI in their courses; any AI use not explicitly permitted by the instructor may violate the Academic Honesty and Standards of Student Conduct and Discipline Policy. AI is defined as computer systems/algorithms that suggest work products intended to replicate human thought and effort. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Fullerton College
  • Not yet found. Appears to rely on student code of conduct, Academic Honesty
  • “Students shall not plagiarize, which is defined as
  • stealing or passing off as one’s own the ideas or words of another, or
  • using a creative production without crediting the source.”
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Resources
  • 🆕New AI degree and certificates launching Fall 2026. Fullerton College's official News Center (April 21, 2026) announced new Fall 2026 programs including an Associate in Science in AI in Business plus certificates in Artificial Intelligence Foundations, AI in Business, and Intelligent Systems Programming. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕AI in Business program structure (BUS/CIS Division). The Business and CIS Division details an AI in Business AS degree (21-23 units), AI Foundations Certificate (12 units), and AI in Business Certificate (21-23 units), all effective Fall 2026, with core courses including BUS 108 F, BUS 256 F (AI and Prompt Engineering for Business), and CIS 201 F (Intro to Python). Students can take courses now and apply for the program starting Fall 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕New course BUS 256 F: AI and Prompt Engineering for Business (Fall 2025). Fullerton College launched BUS 256 F, 'AI and Prompt Engineering for Business,' in Fall 2025 (taught by Prof. Gary Graves), covering prompt engineering, business AI applications, ethics/bias, and hands-on tools including ChatGPT, DALL-E, NotebookLM, Microsoft Copilot, Canva Magic, and Playlab.AI for building custom bots. No prior tech experience required. Fall 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Faculty-published AI courses/certificates/degrees overview. Prof. Gary Graves' Fullerton College faculty page describes the AI pathways (AI Foundations Certificate, AI in Business Certificate, AI in Business AS degree) and lists core/elective courses such as BUS 255 F (Business and Data Analytics), BUS 257 F (AI Applications for Business), and CIS 258 F (Applied AI: Machine Learning, Deep Learning & NLP). Programs launch Fall 2026; individual courses are open for enrollment now. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Participation in inaugural NOCCCD AI Expo 2025. Fullerton College participated in the North Orange County Community College District's first AI Expo (April 16, 2025, at Cypress College), themed 'Empowering Minds: Explore the Future of AI in Education,' with Fullerton College's Prof. Gary Graves listed as the campus contact and a keynote by Playlab.ai CEO Yusuf Ahmad. The expo welcomed students, faculty, staff, and K-12 educators across the district. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Classroom adoption of generative AI tools (Playlab.AI, ChatGPT, Copilot). Fullerton College's Fall 2025 BUS 256 F course adopts hands-on generative AI tools including Playlab.AI (for building custom bots), ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, DALL-E, NotebookLM, and Canva Magic as part of instruction; Playlab.ai also keynoted the district AI Expo. Fall 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕District (NOCCCD) AI writing-coach grant including Fullerton College. NOCCCD (Fullerton College's district), with Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine, was awarded a $442,805 three-year grant (2024-25 through 2026-27) to research/develop the PapyrusAI AI writing assistant for academic writing and digital literacy, including studying whether it can reduce equity gaps. The grant is district/Cypress-led; the article did not detail specific Fullerton College department involvement. 2025 · medium confidence — source
  • Student-press coverage of AI in education. Fullerton College's student newspaper, The Hornet, has published on campus AI adoption, including a 2025 opinion piece noting the college now offers AI classes such as BUS 256 F in Fall 2025, and an earlier (Oct. 2023) piece on faculty debate over AI and academic-dishonesty syllabus language. 2025 · medium confidence — source
ResourcesPeople
Team/Lead: Fullerton College
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