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Spring 2025 baseline · June 2026 update

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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 11 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 7 source-verified findings (0 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.

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Rio Hondo College

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People
Team/Lead: Rio Hondo College
  • Automation, Robotics, and Mechatronics Department: This department is actively involved in AI-related efforts, focusing on integrating AI into automation and robotics curricula. riohondo.edu
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Policies
  • Academic integrity policy does not address AI. Rio Hondo College's Academic Integrity page defines violations (cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized/fraudulent means) but contains no mention of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, or generative AI as of mid-2026. undated · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Rio Hondo College
  • Not yet found. Appear to rely on student conduct code academic honesty.
  • “Forms of plagiarism
  • Plagiarism is defined as representing the words, ideas, or work of another as one’s own in any academic exercise. Plagiarism consists of taking the work of another and offering it as one’s own without giving credit to that source, whether that material is paraphrased or copied verbatim or near verbatim form.
  • Plagiarism is applicable to written, oral, and artistic work. The following examples are only some of the many forms plagiarism may take: ….
  • Failure to give proper credit for ideas, statements of facts, or conclusions derived by another, including undocumented Web source usage”
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Resources
  • Faculty-authored ASCCC article on AI teaching strategies. Rio Hondo College professor David E. Balch (with Robert Blanck of Riverside Community College) authored the ASCCC article 'Navigating the Challenges of AI-Powered Education: Strategies for Community College Instructors,' offering faculty strategies for AI-resistant assignments, AI detection tools (GPTZero, Turnitin), and academic integrity. The piece notes it is not an official ASCCC statement. November 2024 · high confidence — source
  • Faculty-authored ASCCC overview of AI in CA community colleges. Rio Hondo College professor David E. Balch co-authored the ASCCC article 'The Rise of AI in California Community Colleges,' surveying AI uses (personalized learning, AI advising, AI literacy programs) and challenges (bias, privacy, equity/digital divide) across the system. It is a general thought-leadership piece, not a Rio Hondo policy or program. November 2024 · high confidence — source
  • Non-credit ed2go online course: 'AI for Students'. Through its ed2go continuing-education partnership, Rio Hondo College offers the self-guided non-credit online course 'AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use' ($50, ~1 course hour, in partnership with Model Teaching), covering nine popular AI tools, classroom applications, AI limitations, and reducing academic dishonesty. This is a standard third-party ed2go catalog course branded under the college. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Reported ~2,000 potentially fraudulent/bot registrations. The same ASCCC article states that at Rio Hondo College 'current registrations include around 2,000 potentially fraudulent students or bots,' an enrollment-fraud problem tied to the broader rise of AI tools. This is a self-reported figure in a faculty-authored (non-official) article, not an official college statement. November 2024 · medium confidence — source
  • Non-credit ed2go online course: 'AI for Teachers'. Rio Hondo College's ed2go catalog also lists 'AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction' as a related professional-development course alongside the AI for Students course. Like other ed2go offerings, it is a third-party non-credit course offered under the college's branded portal. 2026 · medium confidence — source
  • Data science course covering machine learning. The credit course DSCI-100 (Foundations of Data Science) covers programming and statistical concepts including 'machine learning and data-driven decision-making' and predictive modeling. The course description does not use the term 'artificial intelligence,' and this is a data-science offering rather than a dedicated AI course. 2025-2026 · medium confidence — source
Resources
Team/Lead: Rio Hondo College
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