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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 4 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 4 source-verified findings (4 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
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Team/Lead: Lassen College
- Survey notes all faculty and staff engagement around AI.
Policies
Resources
- 🆕CIS 91 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (new course, board-approved 2025). Lassen's official course outline for CIS 91 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units, scheduled every Spring) was approved by the Curriculum/Academic Standards Committee on 03/04/2025 and by the Board on 04/08/2025; it covers generative AI systems, machine learning, and AI risks/ethics, with writing assignments and a 'Discussion on ethical use of AI in educational programs.' Course originator: Melinda Duerksen. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕CIS 91 listed in 2025-2026 College Catalog. The Lassen Community College 2025-2026 catalog lists 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' (CIS 91), a 3.0-unit, 51-hour-lecture course covering intelligent agents, search, knowledge representation, the history of AI, and its philosophical and social implications. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Systemwide Google Gemini for Education access (covers Lassen as a CCC member). The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office announced a Sept. 10, 2025 partnership giving all 116 colleges' students, faculty, classified professionals, and consortia staff no-cost access to the Gemini App (FERPA-compliant), NotebookLM, Guided Learning, Google Career Certificates, Google AI Essentials, and faculty professional development. Lassen is one of the 116 colleges covered but is not individually named in the release. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Systemwide Nectir AI tutoring rollout (covers Lassen as a CCC member). California Community Colleges expanded its Nectir partnership in 2025 to offer free AI learning assistants/tutors to all 2.1 million students across the system's 116 campuses, following a pilot with 260 instructors at 84 colleges. Lassen is covered as a member college but is not named individually. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: Lassen College
- Presentation at convocation
- Overview of AI