The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 6 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 4 source-verified findings (3 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
Central Valley / Mother Lode
filter to regionEngaged People
- 🆕WHCCD AI Workgroup and recommended AI governance process. An AI Workgroup at West Hills Community College District authored the AI guidelines and recommends establishing an AI governance process within the district's Technology Committees, with representatives from different groups and levels, plus needs-assessment/feasibility steps before adopting AI systems. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕WHCCD Chancellor on AI panel at 2026 CVHEC summit. West Hills Community College District Chancellor Dr. Robert Pimentel is listed to provide introductions for an 'AI and Emerging Technologies for Student Success' panel at the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium summit on April 24, 2026. This is district-level engagement, not a Coalinga College-specific program. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- AI education and professional development called for in district guidelines. The WHCCD AI guidelines call for providing ongoing AI education and training for students, faculty, staff, and stakeholders and consulting with experts and communities of practice on AI best practices; this is stated as a guideline/recommendation rather than a documented program. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: College Coalinga/Library Faculty Heather Evans and Rachel Fleming
- Student Services administrators, Teaching Faculty.
- Library Faculty have created Guides
- Chat GPT
- AI & Copyright
4 linked resource(s) — show status
- https://westhillscollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=1355508&p=10407732 fetched
- https://westhillscollege.libguides.com/prf.php?id=62f8c461-7cdb-11ed-9922-0ad758b798c3 fetched
- https://westhillscollege.libguides.com/facultysupport/chatgpt fetched
- https://westhillscollege.libguides.com/prf.php?id=225cfc66-66b7-11ee-8db8-127d3674933b dead
Policies
- 🆕WHCCD AI Use Guidelines and Considerations. The West Hills Community College District AI Workgroup created and maintains a district-wide 'AI Use at WHCCD: Guidelines and Considerations' document (Coalinga College is a WHCCD college). It sets principles for ethical/responsible AI use, instructs users to avoid submitting protected/confidential data to third-party AI tools, and emphasizes equity, transparency, privacy, and intellectual-property safeguards. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: West Hills College Coalinga
- Not yet found. College shares they are working on policy. Currently relies on student code of conduct.
1 linked resource(s) — show status
Resources
Resources
Team/Lead: West Hills College Coalinga
- No, but Industrial Technology programs at sister-college Lemoore College include training in industrial automation, which may encompass AI-related topics.