The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 23 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 8 source-verified findings (3 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
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filter to regionEngaged People
- 🆕AI Basics Bootcamp for Refugees (Refugee Career Pathways). A free, multi-session 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Basics Bootcamp for Refugees' held online beginning Jan 13, 2025, run by the Los Rios Refugee Career Pathways program, teaching AI fundamentals and AI-tool use with a certificate upon completion (priority to Refugee Career Pathways clients). 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕August 2025 faculty/staff training on implementing AI in the classroom. Per the student newspaper The Connection (Sept 30, 2025), CRC faculty and staff attended a one-day August 2025 training on how AI tools are being used on college campuses; librarian Emily Bond was a presenter sharing challenges and opportunities of AI, and the article notes the library hosts monthly AI workshops. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education webinar series (district/statewide). A four-part 'Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education' webinar series (Sept 2023-April 2024) covering intro to generative AI, AI as a pedagogical tool, productivity uses, and AI-driven analytics was promoted on CRC's events calendar; organized with the ASCCC, FACCC, and the CCC Chancellor's Office (a Los Rios/statewide initiative rather than CRC-specific). 2023-2024 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: Cosumnes River College/Senate/Integrity and Generative AI Workgroup/Library Faculty Rochelle Perez
- CRC Academic Senate's Academic Integrity and Generative AI Workgroup
- March 2024 survey to get a sense of faculty's relationships with AI.
- Spring 2024 Completed College Fall 2024 AI Learning Institute Slides
- 2024 Library Faculty Rochelle Perez created AI Library Guide as well as PD
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Policies
- Academic integrity / plagiarism policy does NOT mention AI. CRC's 2025-2026 official catalog Plagiarism and Cheating Policy and the faculty 'Student Behavior and Academic Integrity' resource define plagiarism/cheating and unauthorized assistance but contain no reference to artificial intelligence, generative AI, or ChatGPT, indicating no AI-specific academic-integrity language as of the 2025-26 catalog. 2025 · high confidence — source
PolicyResources
Team/Lead: Cosumnes River College
- Policy not found. Appears to rely on Student Code of Conduct, allowing each professor to develop an AI approach:
- CRC Faculty AI Syllabus Language Examples (STEM, theater, etc.)
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Resources
- 🆕'Hawkeye' AI chatbot on the CRC website. CRC's student Technology Resources page states the college website has a built-in chatbot named Hawkeye 'powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and designed to offer clear, personalized responses based on what you actually need.' undated · high confidence — source
- Recurring library 'AI Made Simple' generative AI workshops. The CRC Library runs a recurring (roughly monthly, first-Friday) one-hour 'AI Made Simple: A Workshop for the Curious Mind' for students, offered both online via Zoom and in person in Library Computer Lab L-245, where participants learn key concepts, try AI tools, and discuss ethics of generative AI. Listed contacts are Dr. Rochelle Perez and April Austin. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Earlier Flex professional-development discussion on AI in the classroom. An Aug 17, 2023 CRC Flex workshop, 'Exploring the Role of AI in the College Classroom,' presented by James Frazee, examined the appropriateness and inevitability of ChatGPT and other AI tools in college teaching and the benefits/challenges of AI integration. Fall 2023 · high confidence — source
- Library workshop on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The Connection reported (Oct 23, 2024) that the CRC Library hosted a workshop exploring the ethics of artificial intelligence, teaching students to use AI as an academic tool while weighing ethical considerations; reflects the library's ongoing AI-literacy programming. Fall 2024 · medium confidence — source
ResourcesPeople
Team/Lead: Cosumnes River College
- Cosumnes River College (CRC) has hosted workshops and discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) for students, faculty, and staff.
- Workshops
- AI Made Simple: A Workshop for the Curious Mind: An online workshop led by CRC librarians that explores generative AI
- CRC Flex Workshop: Exploring the Role of AI in the College: A professional development discussion about the use of AI tools in the classroom
- Discussions
- Professional development discussion about AI tools in the college classroom: A discussion about the use of AI tools in the classroom
- Information security
- CRC is committed to protecting information related to teaching, research, business operations, and the communities it supports.
- Academic integrity
- CRC defines plagiarism and cheating to include using unauthorized materials or aids during an exam, such as calculators, dictionaries, or information accessed via electronic devices.
- AI Made Simple: A Workshop for the Curious Mind Workshop
- Vision 2030: Generative AI in Higher Education Series
- Tuesday, September 25, 2023 - Overview and Introduction to Generative
- Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - AI Generative AI as a Tool for Teaching and Learning
- Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - Generative AI as a General Productivity Booster
- Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - AI-Enhanced Analytics and Learning Platforms
- CRC Flex Workshop: Exploring the Role of AI in the College Classroom: A Professional Development Discussion 2023