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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 27 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 11 source-verified findings (5 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.

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Engaged People
  • 🆕AI Task Force reporting to College Council. Palomar has an AI Task Force; a revised Governance Sheet was presented at the Faculty Senate on Dec 1, 2025 (presented by Nina Shmorhun). The Task Force reports to College Council (not requiring Faculty Senate approval); its scope was revised from developing policies to focusing on standards and practices around mandatory use/non-use of AI tools in instruction, and Faculty Senate Special Projects Coordinators who conduct AI research are members. 2025 · medium confidence — source
  • 🆕Professional Development office promotes Nectir AI to faculty. Palomar's Professional Development office made Nectir AI available so faculty can set up AI assistants with their syllabi, lecture slides, handouts, and other course materials to respond to student queries about classroom content. This faculty-facing AI promotion is what the Dec 2025 PFF/Senate resolution responded to. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeoplePolicy
Team/Lead: Palomar College/Faculty Senate, Professional Development, Student Life and Leadership, Distance Education
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Policies
  • 🆕PFF / Faculty Senate resolution on AI and working conditions. On Dec 19, 2025 the Palomar Faculty Federation (PFF) and Faculty Senate passed a resolution opposing AI tools (naming Nectir AI) that replace or replicate faculty labor rather than support it, raising concerns about working conditions, data privacy (faculty/student data training AI), and lack of stakeholder input. It demands AI tools be vetted and approved via shared governance before implementation, and references negotiated contract language that, per AB 2370, 'any faculty member for any Palomar College assignment must be a person.' 2025 · high confidence — source
  • AP 5505 covers AI-generated content as academic integrity violation. Palomar's Administrative Procedure 5505 (approved Spring 2024) covers academic integrity violations including AI-generated content used without proper attribution, and states that use of AI without attribution constitutes plagiarism. Faculty resources page directs faculty to set their own generative AI policies and communicate them clearly in syllabi. 2024 · high confidence — source
  • Student-facing AI/academic integrity guidance. The Academic Integrity student page states 'The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for generating content is not permitted unless specifically directed to do so as part of an assignment,' that instructors may allow some, all, or no AI uses, and that students should check syllabi, be transparent about AI use, and document their work process. undated · high confidence — source
  • Faculty syllabus AI statement guidance and examples. The Academic Integrity faculty resources page recommends faculty clearly communicate their generative AI policy in the syllabus at the start of each semester and provides example syllabus statements (allowed-with-attribution, limited-use, and prohibited) drawn from peer institutions. 2024 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Palomar College
  • Spring 2024, Palomar College approved amendment to Administrative Procedure 5505: Academic Integrity which addresses academic honesty and includes guidelines on the use of generative AI tools.
  • “TYPES OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
  • Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, fraud, making multiple submissions of similar work, using unauthorized artificial intelligence programs, and facilitating academic dishonesty.”
  • Cheating consists of obtaining or trying to obtain, through dishonest means, credit for academic work. Examples include, but are not limited to:
  • ….Using unauthorized materials, information, or study aids (e.g., textbook, artificial intelligence, web search, notes, data, images, formula list, dictionary, calculator, etc.) in student work
  • Unauthorized Artificial Intelligence (AI) is defined as employing artificial intelligence tools, software, or systems for academic purposes without instructor authorization or in violation of institutional policies, resulting in academic dishonesty or misconduct. Examples include:
  • Using AI tools to solve problems, show logic, draft texts, create multimedia objects, translate or summarize documents, all without instructor authorization.
  • Artificial Intelligence Tools The faculty is free to set their own policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Faculty should set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification (Stanford University Office of Community Standards). Absent a clear statement from faculty, use of or consultation with generative AI shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam (e.g. by entering exam or assignment questions) is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt (Stanford University Office of Community Standards).”
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Resources
  • 🆕Nectir AI course assistant pilot (CCC Chancellor's Office). Palomar participated in the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Nectir AI course-assistant pilot. In Palomar's pilot, 68 students were given access to LMS-integrated Nectir AI course assistants trained on instructor course materials; 73.5% of surveyed students reported an enhanced learning experience. Nectir was endorsed by the CCC Chancellor's Office to provide 24/7 course-specific support. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕AI literacy student Skillshops (incl. agentic AI). Palomar offers free virtual student Skillshops on AI, including 'AI Literacy: What Helps, What Hurts, What's Allowed' (covering what AI can/cannot do, evaluating AI output for accuracy and bias, ethical use, citing AI, and what 'allowed use' means in different classes) and 'Riding the Wave of Agentic AI as a College Student' (introducing agentic AI with a live demo). 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Academic Integrity Canvas workshop and AI resources. Palomar provides an Academic Integrity Canvas workshop (about 90 minutes, with videos and practice) plus a curated set of AI resources for faculty including a Palomar Library Generative AI LibGuide, Princeton's teaching/AI page, and Oregon State's Bloom's Taxonomy adapted for AI. 2024 · high confidence — source
  • CSCI 250 Introduction to AI and CSCI 290 Introduction to Machine Learning. Palomar's CSIT department offers CSCI 250 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4 units; neural networks, supervised/unsupervised learning, ML frameworks, computer vision, NLP) and CSCI 290 Introduction to Machine Learning (4 units; classification/regression, clustering, dimensionality reduction, reinforcement learning). Both are CSU-transferable. Machine learning was first offered at Palomar in Spring 2023. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • Pepper humanoid robot (Artificial Intelligence Project). Palomar's Artificial Intelligence Project deployed Pepper, a SoftBank Robotics humanoid robot that answers questions and interacts with students, with units on the main campus and Escondido Education Center. The college reported investing $75,000 in the project (including roughly $25,000 per robot). This is an earlier (pre-baseline) initiative. undated · medium confidence — source
PeopleResourcesPolicy
Team/Lead: Palomar College
  • Per survey
  • PD
  • Faculty Senate, Professional Development, Student Life and Leadership, Distance Education
  • The Faculty Senate's Academic Integrity Taskforce has been instrumental in updating policies related to academic honesty, including the integration of AI tools.
  • We were accepted to have a Palomar team be a part of an AI Learning Lab grant with UCSD to create professional development for faculty.
  • Several trainings for faculty, staff, and leadership on using AI in the workplace.
  • Tools
  • The Office for Student Success is exploring AI applications to enhance student support services.
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