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AI Landscape by Region
Spring 2025 baseline · June 2026 update

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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 4 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 3 source-verified findings (1 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.

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  • Faculty AI discussions documented in CCCCO Digital Futures article. A California Community Colleges 'Digital Futures' article authored by LTCC Professor Scott A. Lukas (Anthropology/Sociology) states LTCC faculty 'have initiated important discussions about the potential effects of AI on teaching and professional life,' covering personalized learning, academic-dishonesty concerns with ChatGPT and BARD, and creative opportunities with DALL-E, Midjourney, Runway, and Firefly. 2023 (updated Oct 2024) · high confidencesource
PeopleSystems
Team/Lead: Lake Tahoe Community College/Scott A. Lukas, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology
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Policies
Policy
Team/Lead: Lake Tahoe Community College
Resources
  • 🆕AI raised at January 2026 MetaMajor employer career panel. LTCC's January 16, 2026 MetaMajor Business & Leadership employer panel discussed AI as part of the future of work, with a panelist noting 'everyone will need to integrate technology where it makes sense for them—or risk being left behind'; references were general rather than a specific AI program. 2026 · high confidencesource
  • Non-credit 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' offered via ed2go portal. LTCC's continuing-education online portal (ltconnect on ed2go) lists a self-paced/instructor-moderated 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' course (the standard 24-hour Cengage/ed2go course by David Iseminger covering machine learning, neural networks, NLP, robotics, and AI's workforce impact). undated (current 2026 catalog) · medium confidencesource
Resources
Team/Lead: Lake Tahoe Community College
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