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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 5 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 12 source-verified findings (5 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.

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  • AI task force exploring academic integrity / Academic Honesty Agreement. Faculty and staff formed a task force to incorporate AI into the college's Academic Honesty Agreement; VP of Instruction Jason Curtis said a task force objective is determining when AI use is ethical and when it is not, distinguishing authorized from unauthorized use. 2024 · high confidence — source
  • Academic Senate priority to define ethical AI use and prohibit misuse. Academic Senate President Alexandra Kahane stated that an Academic Senate priority is to explore ethical and practical uses of AI while clearly defining and prohibiting its misuse, with the college described as being in the early stages of a policy declaration. 2024 · high confidence — source
  • AI Buffet community-education workshop. Cuesta Community Education offers an 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Buffet,' a one-week introductory workshop where participants learn why AI is in the news and try a variety of free AI-enhanced applications. 2026 · medium confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Cuesta College/ Senate/Office of Instruction/ Library Faculty Mark Stengel
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Policies
  • Three optional GenAI syllabus policy statements for faculty. Cuesta's online education / distance education faculty resources publish an 'A.I. Usage Syllabus Policies' document with guidelines to include one of three policy statements on syllabi regarding the use and misuse of generative A.I. (GenAI). 2026 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Cuesta College
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Resources
  • 🆕AI Machine Learning Boot Camp (Azure AI-102). Cuesta Community Programs offers a six-month, online, self-paced AI Machine Learning Boot Camp (300+ hours, Python/ML, capstone on autonomous vehicles) preparing students for the Microsoft Azure AI Engineer certification (AI-102); led by instructor Felix Quinque. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Student journalism documenting AI use, concerns, and AI-accusation friction. The Cuestonian published 2026 pieces including a student AI survey (Apr 13, 2026; 61 respondents, 41% never use AI for studying) and 'AI is changing education. Cuesta students have mixed reactions.' (May 21, 2026), plus a feature on students/faculty frustrated by AI-misconduct accusations. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Nectir AI available system-wide to all California Community Colleges (incl. Cuesta). A landmark California Community Colleges deal made Nectir's AI tutor/assistant available free to all ~2.1 million students across 116+ campuses; as a CCC member district, Cuesta College is covered. Announced March 2026 (and reported by Axios Oct. 2025). 2026 · medium confidence — source
  • 🆕AI for Students workforce course (ed2go / Model Teaching). Through Cuesta Community Programs Workforce (ed2go), the college lists 'AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use,' covering popular AI tools for enhancing student learning. 2026 · medium confidence — source
  • 🆕Career-training AI/Computer Science programs (ed2go). Cuesta's Career Training (ed2go) catalog hosts a dedicated 'AI - Artificial Intelligence Programs' computer-science category, including AI/machine learning and ChatGPT/Copilot-focused online certificate offerings. 2026 · medium confidence — source
  • Library guide 'AI (Artificial Intelligence) for Faculty'. The Cuesta College Library maintains a multi-page LibGuide for faculty (maintained by librarian Mark Stengel) covering AI fundamentals, resources, tools, putting AI to use, keeping up, and a student section; curates classroom policy examples and detection-tool resources. Last updated May 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Library 'For Students' AI guidance on responsible use and citation. The student section of the AI LibGuide provides an 'Ethical AI Use Checklist for Students' (Turnitin), responsible-use modules, and citation guidance for generative AI (MLA, APA, Chicago, CSE). Last updated May 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Turnitin AI writing detection and exploration of Nectir AI assistant. Faculty use Turnitin's AI writing-detection feature; VP of Instruction Jason Curtis described Nectir AI as a teaching-assistant tool faculty could train on course materials to provide tutoring-like help to students. 2024 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Cuesta College
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