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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 59 entries, 380 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 169 source-verified findings (90 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
Los Angeles
filter to regionRegional patterns & curated resources (4 patterns · 17 resources)
Patterns & learnings
- Some emerging patterns/learnings from this snapshot in time (February 2025):
- Leadership: Senates, faculty and staff, particularly Library faculty, IT, OER, Career Counseling, AND students emerge as AI leaders
- Learning: College created as well as CA/US PD remain central to the process of policy development and adoption. LA colleges already beginning to grapple with post-AI policy development: how to ensure equity in student knowledge of AI policies and equity in discipline application? Shifting from punitive enforcement to academic and professional learning opportunities.
- Language: AI policy development echos pattern: use of academic honesty by each professor towards development of AI specific language. Some regional models include: Cerritos, ELAC, and El Camino
Curated resources
- LA regional colleges elevate important emergence around AI policy development and practice implementation:
- Some neat emerging LA regional approaches
- Cerritos EDT 160: Using Artificial Intelligence in The Educational Environment
- Citrus Career Chats Podcast: AI and Future of Work
- Compton Accessibility staff-led PD Empowering Education: Responsible and Effective Use of AI in the College Classroom
- ELAC Canvas and App: AI Syllabus Policy Coach for ELAC Instructors
- ECC EOPS/CARE/Calworks/EC Foster Youth Student Workshop Cultivating Academic Honesty
- Glendale Ethical Uses of AI: Resources for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Advanced Language Models
- LBCC OLET Online Learning & Ed Tech OER AI Resources for Faculty .pdf)
- LACC OER Handbook
- LAHC Nursing Program AI Policy
- LATTC AI Literacy Bootcamp
- LA Pierce Spring 2025 Syllabus Checklist
- LAVC Artificial Intelligence Toolkit for Faculty and Generative Artificial Intelligence for Students
- Mt. SAC Artificial Intelligence and Education Workgroup Academic Senate Workgroup Report and Recommendations
- PCC Pi Day Green AI: Making Artificial Intelligence Sustainable
- SMC AI and SMC: Recommendations from the AI ad hoc committee
June 2026 regional patterns & learningsupdated
The nation's largest urban community-college concentration is curriculum- and equity-forward. Long Beach City College created a dedicated 'Artificial Intelligence' catalog discipline, an A.S. in AI for Digital Transformation, and a governance policy (BP/AP 4910). Santa Monica is drafting Board Policy 3775 with Chancellor's Office collaboration; Cerritos adopted six customizable AI-use syllabus statements; East LA's faculty-led CASTLE task force built an 'AI Literacy at ELAC' course and policy-coach app; and colleges from Pasadena to Compton are embedding AI into master plans and professional development.
Engaged People
- 🆕Senate Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Education (AIT). Cerritos College's Faculty Senate operates a Senate Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Education (AIT), with a dedicated website (cerritos.edu/ait) serving as an AI resource hub for faculty and students, governed by published bylaws. The committee remains active in 2026 (the AIT homepage was last updated October 7, 2025). 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum (2024-2025). A five-member Cerritos faculty team led by communications professor Kimberly Rosenfeld (with Janet Mitchell Lambert, Teresa Lantz, Terrance Mullins, and Angela Nagao) was selected among 124 institutions for AAC&U's inaugural Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum, attending the September 2024 kickoff and an April 2025 capstone to develop classroom AI action plans. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AIT AI events: Peter Shea (Feb 2025) and Rick White (Apr 2025). The AIT 'AI Events and Recordings' page lists 'Urgency of Now: How AI can be used to Solve Problems of Teaching and Learning' by Peter Shea (2-21-25, transcript posted) and 'Human-Centered AI' by Professor Rick White (4-4-25), the latter a guest talk about 'the first Community College AS Degree in AI' (that degree is at MiraCosta College, not Cerritos). 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Committee meeting minutes dated May 4, 2026. AI Committee Meeting Minutes dated 5.4.26 are posted to the district's BoardDocs, confirming the AI committee continued to meet through Spring 2026; search results reference committee participants including Lantz, Rosenfeld, Terry, Jennifer O'Connor, and Patrick O'Donnell. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕AI Faculty Survey, Spring 2025. The Faculty Senate AI Task Force conducted an Artificial Intelligence Faculty Survey in Spring 2025; per Cerritos search results 105 full- and part-time faculty completed it, gauging faculty views and experience with AI. (Survey results PDF is posted but is largely image-based/not text-extractable.) 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeoplePolicySystems
Team/Lead: Cerritos College/Senate/ Ed Tech Dept/Professors Lantz Teresa, Jannet Mitchell Lambert, and Terrence Mullins, Prof Kimberly Rosenfeld, communications studies, Janet Mitchell Lambert, DE coordinator; Teresa Lantz, accounting/finance; Terrance Mullins, political science, and Angela Nagao, speech communication./Student Newspaper & Senate
- March 2023 Cerritos needs to realize the potential for ChatGPT Amy Parker, ASCC Contributor
- “Instead of panicking over it, faculty should just make sure they have systems in place to catch those who try and skip on their work via ChatGPT, as well as figure out how to utilize this potential new opportunity to better help their students.”
- The Educational Technology (EDT) Department is actively engaged in AI efforts at Cerritos College.
- EDT 160: Using Artificial Intelligence in The Educational Environment
- January 2024 Cerritos College Faculty Senate passed use of generative AI tools resolutions
- “affirms that the decision to accept or reject the integration of generative AI tools remains at the discretion of individual instructors.”
- Recommends updating the Academic Honesty/Dishonesty Policy to include “Unauthorized use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, GPT-3, DALL-E, etc.) on assessments or assignments".
- Proposal
- Sept 2024 Five Cerritos College faculty members are among the 124 higher education institutions selected to participate in The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)’s inaugural Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum. This new, fully online institute is designed to help departments, programs, colleges, and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses and curricula.
- American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)’s inaugural Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum.
- Student Clubs! AI/Data Science Club at Cerritos College
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- https://cerritos-public.courseleaf.com/degrees-certificates-courses/course-descriptions/edt/?utm_source=chatgpt.com fetched
- https://www.talonmarks.com/top-stories/2023/03/09/cerritos-needs-to-realize-the-potential-for-chatgpt/ fetched
- https://www.cerritos.edu/tmullins/default.htm fetched
- https://www.talonmarks.com/news/2024/01/24/artificial-intelligence-and-academic-integrity-can-we-have-both/ fetched
- https://www.cerritos.edu/faculty-senate/committees/default.htm fetched
- https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/cerritos/Board.nsf/files/CZMMTY5CDC28/$file/Academic%20Honesty.pdf fetched
- https://www.cerritos.edu/faculty-senate/documents/Senate-Resolution-on-the-Use-of-Artificial-Intelligence-Tools-January-23-2024_ua.pdf fetched
- https://www.cerritos.edu/faculty-senate/documents/Senate-Resolution-on-the-Use-of-Artificial-Intelligence-Tools-January-23-2024_ua.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com fetched
Policies
- 🆕Six customizable AI-use syllabus statements (approved Spring 2025). The Faculty Senate approved flexible AI guidelines offering six customizable syllabus options ranging from 'AI Use Prohibited' (treated as academic dishonesty) through permission-based, limited, citation-required, and 'Unrestricted Use' tiers, available in Simple Syllabus for faculty to embed. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Faculty Senate Resolution on the Use of AI Tools & Academic Honesty (Jan 2024). The Faculty Senate passed a Senate Resolution (January 23, 2024) affirming that integrating generative AI is at the discretion of individual instructors, and requesting the district's official Academic Honesty/Dishonesty Policy add: 'Unauthorized use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, GPT-3, DALL-E, etc.) on assessments or assignments.' 2024 · high confidence — source
PolicySystems
Team/Lead: Cerritos College
- January 2024 Cerritos College Faculty Senate passed use of generative AI tools resolutions
- “affirms that the decision to accept or reject the integration of generative AI tools remains at the discretion of individual instructors.”
- Recommends updating the Academic Honesty/Dishonesty Policy to include “Unauthorized use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, GPT-3, DALL-E, etc.) on assessments or assignments".
- Proposal
Resources
- 🆕Artificial Intelligence Library (AIT resource hub). The AIT 'Artificial Intelligence Library' is a curated AI-literacy collection of 35+ articles, books (e.g., Bowen & Watson's 'Teaching with AI,' 2024), tools (e.g., Google NotebookLM), videos, and 25+ websites, plus an 'AI Process Measurement Rubric' and six student handouts on prompt engineering, accuracy-checking, ethics, and AI-use transparency (last updated May 11, 2026). 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕EDT 160 - Using Artificial Intelligence in The Educational Environment. The 2025-2026 catalog lists EDT 160, 'Using Artificial Intelligence in The Educational Environment' (3.0 units, CSU-transferable), covering AI fundamentals, applications in business and education, integration into common software, productivity, and AI policy/ethical/management considerations; offered fully online. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕OpenAI ChatGPT Lab campus event (April 15, 2026). OpenAI's education newsletter lists Cerritos College ('Cerritos College — Apr 15') among 40+ campuses hosting a student-led ChatGPT Lab in April 2026, described as a space for students to see how peers use AI across studying, careers, and daily life. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- Impactful Teaching Toolkit: Use of Artificial Intelligence. A faculty professional-development toolkit page provides strategies for both allowing and restricting AI, including 'AI Starter Guide - Harvard,' 'Teaching with AI Basics,' AI assignment/activity examples, and guidance such as 'How do I AI Proof My Assignments?' and 'AI Resilient Assignments and Assessments' (last updated 9/22/2025). 2025 · high confidence — source
- Ed2Go / Economic Development continuing-ed AI courses. Through its Economic Development / Ed2Go non-credit catalog, Cerritos College offers AI continuing-education courses including an 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Suite,' 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence,' and a 'Data Science & Artificial Intelligence' career-training program (Python, machine learning, SQL). undated · high confidence — source
ResourcesPeople
Team/Lead: Cerritos College
- PD
- EDT 160 provides students and staff with insights into AI technologies and their integration into educational environments.
- Five Cerritos College faculty members are among the 124 higher education institutions selected to participate in The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)’s inaugural Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum. This new, fully online institute is designed to help departments, programs, colleges, and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses and curricula.
- Additional PD Needs: While current courses offer foundational knowledge, there is a growing need for advanced workshops and training sessions focusing on the latest AI developments and their practical applications in various educational contexts.
- Courses
- Community Ed
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Suite
- AI for Writers
- Intro to AI
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- http://cerritos-public.courseleaf.com fetched
- https://www.ed2go.com/cerritos/online-courses/introduction-to-artificial-intelligence/ fetched
- https://cerritos.augusoft.net/customers/CC/Files/CerritosCE_100_spring-24_internet.pdf blocked
Engaged People
- 🆕Academic Senate AI workgroup / community of practice. The Citrus College Academic Senate formed an AI task group (workgroup/community of practice) in 2025 to serve as a hub for faculty questions on AI and a resource for professional development; members named include English professor Becky Rudd and architecture professor Tommy Reyes, with Academic Senate President Lisa Villa noting no administrative directives are expected until the workgroup feels confident making recommendations. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Faculty attending AI conferences/workshops via workgroup. Per the student newspaper, Citrus College professors involved in the Academic Senate AI workgroup have attended AI conferences and workshops discussing AI capabilities and limitations, and the workgroup is intended to be a resource for professional development opportunities; no specific institution-run PD program is documented. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeopleSystemsResources
Team/Lead: Citrus College/District IT/Counseling Faculty Stephanie Gee, Jolie Elman/OER
- 2020 Financial Aid Chatbot
- District IT Committee
- 2022 Master Plan for 2021-2026
- Top Concerns 2020: “Student retention and completion: Developing the capabilities and systems to incorporate artificial intelligence into student services to provide personalized, timely support.”
- Holistic student success: Applying technology and data, including artificial intelligence, to understand and address the numerous contributors to student success, from finances to health and wellness to academic performance and degree planning
- Oct 2023 IT Security Matters
- Career and Transfer Center, Career Counseling Career Chats Podcast: AI and Future of Work
- March 2025 OER Team
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20240707111943/https://www.citruscollege.edu/tecs/Documents/MasterPlan/2022-23.pdf fetched
- https://libguides.citruscollege.edu/oer/news fetched
- https://ocelotbot.com/press/citrus-college-launches-hootie/ fetched
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250411045234/https://www.citruscollege.edu/stdntsrv/careersvcs/Lists/CareerChats2/DispForm.aspx?ID=7&ContentTypeId=0x0100EBED9A6E6FD54A3DA65EFA2315C2930A00DBB2EC9DF6758543B177DD1A8F247917 fetched
- https://www.citruscollege.edu/stdntsrv/careersvcs/Lists/CareerChats2/DispForm.aspx?ID=7&ContentTypeId=0x0100EBED9A6E6FD54A3DA65EFA2315C2930A00DBB2EC9DF6758543B177DD1A8F247917 archived
- https://www.citruscollege.edu/tecs/lists/securitymatters/allitems.aspx archived
- https://www.citruscollege.edu/tecs/Documents/MasterPlan/2022-23.pdf archived
Policies
- Graduated AI syllabus statements developed by Academic Senate workgroup. An Academic Senate workgroup headed by English professor Eric Odegaard (with history professor/online education coordinator Senya Lubisich) developed four graduated AI syllabus statements ranging from permissive (AI allowed only with explicit professor permission) to restrictive (tools like ChatGPT and Grammarly prohibited, with possible referral to the Office of Student Affairs); use is voluntary since the Senate cannot dictate how individual instructors teach. Fall 2024 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Citrus College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on Student Code of Conduct academic integrity and preventing acts of academic dishonesty denoting faculty-by-faculty role:
- “Citrus College students are responsible for being honest and ethical for their academic work at all times. Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated.
- Faculty play a large role in promoting a climate of academic integrity and preventing acts of academic dishonesty by helping students become aware of the standards of conduct and general guidelines covering academic integrity on the course syllabus.”
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- https://www.citruscollege.edu/admin/bot/Documents/Policies%20and%20Procedures/Chapter%205%20Student%20Services/Board%20Policies%205/BP%205500%20Standards%20of%20Conduct.pdf archived
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- https://www.citruscollege.edu/stdntsrv/studentaffairs/conduct/Pages/default.aspx archived
Resources
- Hayden Memorial Library AI research guide for students. The Hayden Memorial Library maintains a student-focused Artificial Intelligence research guide covering AI uses and limitations, information literacy, bias/diversity, ethics, generative AI tool reviews, and citation; it states the library does not endorse any specific AI technologies, advises caution with personal information, and tells students to ask their instructor about acceptable use since the college has no comprehensive AI guidelines. undated · high confidence — source
- COUN 103 covers AI tools for job/internship search. COUN 103, titled 'Social Media and Artificial Intelligence for Job/Internship Search' (3 units), teaches students to understand the role of AI in the modern job search and to effectively use AI-powered job search platforms and tools; listed in the 2025-2026 catalog. 2025 · high confidence — source
Resources
Team/Lead: Citrus College
- Courses
- AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use
- Applicable to AI
- CS 112: Introduction to Python Programming
- CS 140: Java Programming provide essential skills
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Engaged People
- 🆕AI named a strategic professional-development focus area for 2025-2026. The 2025-2026 Compton College Professional Development Calendar lists, among six strategic focus areas, 'Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into academic programs, student support services, and operational functions,' aligned with the Compton College 2035 Comprehensive Master Plan. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Scheduled AI workshops in the 2025-2026 PD calendar. The 2025-2026 PD Calendar schedules two AI-focused sessions: 'A.I. for Every Educator: Demystifying Tools to Support Equity and Efficiency' (listed for Friday, October 3, 2025) and 'Teaching in the Age of A.I.: Practical Strategies for the Classroom' (listed for Friday, March 20, 2026). 2025-2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Master Plan situates AI within state/federal governance context. The Master Plan's State Context section discusses generative AI driven by federal and state guidance (Biden E.O. 14110, the AI Bill of Rights Blueprint, Gov. Newsom's Executive Order N-12-23) and notes the CCCCO Board of Governors held four agenda items on generative AI and an inaugural 'AI: Powering Tomorrow's Workforce' event (Sept 10, 2024). 2025 · high confidence — source
- Spring 2025 generative-AI faculty webinar series (via CVC). The Faculty Resources page lists eight Spring 2025 AI webinars offered through CVC, including 'Generative AI Meets Universal Design for Learning' (Mar 6, 2025), 'Leveraging AI to Create UDL-Driven and Accessible Course Content' (Mar 20, 2025), 'Should Educators Be Using AI? Addressing Ethics as We Explore AI Assistance' (Apr 22, 2025), and 'Advanced AI Assistance with Course Materials' (May 1, 2025). 2025 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicySystemsResources
Team/Lead: Compton College/Senate/AI Taskforce/IR Amari Williams, dean of
institutional effectiveness / Lauren Miller, M.Ed.
Accessibility Specialist
- Compton College 2035 (Master Plan)
- Advancing Priorities and Technologies in California Higher Education
- US Context: Biden EOs
- CA Context: Newsom EOs
- CO Context: Vision 2030, Strategic Direction 3:
- CO-provided Professional Learning options
- AI Bill of Rights
- Fall 2024 AI Taskforce
- Faculty, staff, and admins, including Institutional research
- Local and Beyond Learning
- Faculty AI Resources
- Playlab Artificial Intelligence Professional Learning Learning Community
- Accessibility staff-led PD Empowering Education: Responsible and Effective Use of AI in the College Classroom, including design principles for AI policy
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Policies
- 🆕Master Plan commitment to develop AI policies and procedures. The 2035 Master Plan lists 'Artificial intelligence policies and professional development' among key campus themes, and Strategy 3.A commits the college to 'Develop and implement policies, procedures and practices regarding Privacy and Confidentiality, Security, Technology User Rights and Responsibilities, and Artificial Intelligence.' 2025 · high confidence — source
- Catalog academic-dishonesty policy contains no AI-specific language. The 2025-2026 Compton College Catalog academic-dishonesty/student-conduct provisions cover cheating and plagiarism generically (including 'online sources') but contain no explicit mention of artificial intelligence, generative AI, or ChatGPT, unlike some peer CCC catalogs. 2025-2026 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Compton College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on Student Code of Conduct academic integrity and preventing acts of academic dishonesty denoting faculty-by-faculty role:
- Option One: Compton College is dedicated to maintaining an optimal learning environment that thrives upon academic honesty. To uphold the academic integrity of the institution, all members of our academic community, faculty, staff, and students alike, must assume responsibility for providing an educational environment of the highest standards characterized by a spirit of academic honesty. It is the responsibility of all members of the Compton College academic community to behave in a manner which encourages learning, promotes honesty, and acts with fairness toward others. For more information, please refer to your College Catalog or Compton Community College District Board Policy 5500.
- Option Two: Compton College places a high value on the integrity of its student scholars. Therefore, the Compton College policy on academic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. Academic dishonesty encompasses both cheating and plagiarism. Cheating includes obtaining, attempting to obtain, or assisting to obtain academic credit for work by the use of any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Plagiarism involves submitting the works of others as your own and includes improper source citation, no source citation, using materials prepared by another student, and using fictitious sources. The penalties for academic dishonesty range from receiving an "F" on the assignment or exam to receiving an "F" in the course and may be reported to the appropriate campus authorities. Compton College Academic Senate Sample Syllabus Statements to Support Student Success and Retention at Compton College”
Resources
- 🆕Master Plan strategy to use AI to streamline administrative tasks. Compton College 2035 Comprehensive Master Plan, Strategy 2.E, commits to 'Utilize Artificial Intelligence to streamline administrative tasks and empower college staff for greater efficiency,' citing automated tasks (scheduling, data entry, report generation, transcript processing), predictive maintenance, and virtual assistants to answer inquiries. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Faculty AI tools resource page. The college's Faculty Resources page hosts an 'Artificial Intelligence' section that defines AI, states it 'is transforming higher education,' and curates AI tools for educators by category (e.g., Miro AI, Canva Magic Write, Scribe AI, Notion AI, Otter.ai, Elicit, Perplexity AI, Wolfram Alpha, Zotero, ChatGPT for 'Drafting syllabi, creating writing prompts,' and Grammarly). 2025 · high confidence — source
- Links to statewide AI professional learning resources. The Faculty Resources AI section links educators to systemwide AI resources including the California Community Colleges Artificial Intelligence Consortium, California Virtual Campus (CVC) AI Professional Development, the Playlab AI Professional Learning Community, the CCC Digital Center for Innovation, Transformation and Equity (DCITE), and the CCCCO 'Generative AI and the Future of Teaching and Learning' report. 2025 · high confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: Compton College
- Local and Beyond Learning
- Faculty AI Resources includes CO and beyond resources
- Playlab Artificial Intelligence Professional Learning Learning Community
- Accessibility staff-led PD Empowering Education: Responsible and Effective Use of AI in the College Classroom
Engaged People
- 🆕AI Literacy at ELAC self-paced Canvas course for faculty. A Canvas module developed by the Academic Senate's CASTLE task force specifically for ELAC instructors introduces generative AI programs, guides building an AI syllabus policy and handling academic honesty, offers teaching-with-AI tools, and houses a repository of campus, district, and state AI workshops/webinars. 2025-2026 (live mid-2026) · high confidence — source
- CASTLE AI task force (Academic Senate). ELAC's Academic Senate runs the CASTLE (Chatbots, AI, Student Learning and Education) task force. Its first-year work revised the campus academic honesty and faculty ethics policies, gave faculty AI syllabus-policy guidance, and introduced faculty to AI teaching tools; it authored a 'Roadmap for Teaching in an AI World.' 2024 · high confidence — source
- Julie Bernard leads CASTLE task force. ELAC faculty member Julie Bernard, writing in the ASCCC Rostrum (Nov 2024), identifies herself as 'the lead of my local academic senate's Chatbots, AI, Student Learning, and Education task force,' with the goal of building a campus culture of responsible, ethical, and critical AI use. 2024 · high confidence — source
PeopleSystemsResources
Team/Lead: East LA College/Academic Senate’s CASTLE Taskforce
- Academic Senate’s CASTLE Taskforce
- The CASTLE Taskforce was established to explore the implications of emerging technologies, including AI, on education and to promote digital literacy among students and faculty.
- Provides professional learning
- Academic AI Resources for Students and Faculty
- Canvas
- App: AI Syllabus Policy Coach for ELAC Instructors
- Workshops
- Digital Deceit: The Intersection of AI, Politics, and Misinformation
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Policies
- Academic Honesty Policy covers generative AI. ELAC's Policy on Academic Honesty (approved 2006) was updated Sept 12, 2023 to state it 'applies to any use of generative AI that is not specifically authorized by the instructor' (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Bard, Dall-E), with discipline available under LACCD Board Rule 91101. 2023 (updated for AI) · high confidence — source
PolicySystems
Team/Lead: East LA College
- Sept 2023 ELAC has updated Policy on Academic Honesty to address the use of generative AI,
- policy explicitly prohibits unauthorized use of AI technologies, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, in academic work. This ensures that students maintain integrity and originality in their assignments.
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Resources
- 🆕AI Syllabus Policy Coach app for instructors. ELAC offers an 'AI Syllabus Policy Coach for ELAC Instructors' app for faculty who want to build a course AI policy; it has been trained on the ELAC course catalog and ELAC policies and 'provides guidance on equitable practices.' 2025-2026 (live mid-2026) · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Guidance for Students page. The ELAC AI Resources page gives students guidance on generative AI tools (Gemini, Copilot, Midjourney, ChatGPT), warning of privacy, bias/'hallucinations,' and ethical concerns, telling students to follow each instructor's syllabus AI policy or 'when in doubt, ASK,' and linking the ombudsperson for false-accusation disputes. 2025-2026 (live mid-2026) · high confidence — source
- 🆕Library Generative AI research guide. The ELAC Library maintains a Generative AI research guide (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, NotebookLM) covering AI literacy, hallucinations/grounding, terminology, citing AI, and using AI as a student; last updated June 8, 2026. 2026 (updated June 8, 2026) · high confidence — source
- 🆕$200K AI FAST Challenge grant for career-pathway chatbot. ELAC is a first-time California Education Learning Lab grantee on a $200,000 AI FAST Challenge award (project added 4/18/2025) with lead CSU Dominguez Hills to develop/test the 'Build Your Career Pathway' AI chatbot, built on ChatGPT and translatable into 80+ languages for diverse, underserved students. 2024-25 cycle · high confidence — source
- 🆕Career-pathway chatbot partnership with CSU Dominguez Hills. ELAC partners with CSU Dominguez Hills, the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, and the South Bay Economics Institute to build a custom ChatGPT-based career-pathways chatbot embedded in classroom assignments to support resume development and job readiness. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Literacy Leaders certificate program for faculty. CASTLE's stated next-year plan was to recruit faculty into an 'AI Literacy Leaders certificate program' covering AI fundamentals, positive applications supporting campus equity, and cautions/concerns, while building a cross-disciplinary community of practice (a faculty-development credential, not a student credit certificate). 2025 (planned in Nov 2024 article) · medium confidence — source
- AI & Machine Learning Suite (non-credit continuing ed). ELAC offers, via its ed2go portal, a non-credit 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Suite' (Intro to AI + Intro to Machine Learning, 48 course hours, $262) covering AI/ML fundamentals, NLP, neural networks, AI in the workforce, and AI ethics; sessions running through 2026. 2026 (sessions through Sept 2026) · high confidence — source
- Equity framing across AI resources. ELAC consistently frames AI through equity: student guidance warns AI 'can produce biased or racist results that... increase inequalities,' the faculty Policy Coach app guides 'equitable practices,' faculty resources include suggested reading on algorithmic justice, and the career-chatbot grant targets diverse/underserved students with culturally relevant, multilingual support. 2025-2026 · high confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: East LA College
- Professional learning
- Academic AI Resources for Students and Faculty
- Canvas
- App: AI Syllabus Policy Coach for ELAC Instructors
- Workshops
- Digital Deceit: The Intersection of AI, Politics, and Misinformation
- ELAC's Computer Science program offers courses that provide foundational knowledge applicable to AI, including programming languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
- "AI tools and platforms The college's Information Technology Department is dedicated to providing reliable, high-quality support, which likely includes facilitating access to various AI and computing resources for both students and staff.
- ELAC Canva Course
- Step 1. Learning about Different Generative AI Programs
- Step 2. Building a Generative AI Policy and Syllabus Statement
- Step 3. Rethinking Academic Honesty in the AI Environment
- Step 4. Embrace the Change: Teaching with AI"
Engaged People
- 🆕Selected for 2025-2026 NAAIC Mentorship Program to build AI degree. El Camino College was named (announced in NAAIC's September newsletter) as one of eight California community colleges in the National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC) 2025-2026 Mentorship Program, through which it will develop and launch an associate degree in Artificial Intelligence and build stackable certificates in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and AI Ethics. CIS Professor Hac Le and Acting Dean Ketmany Sundara are cited as leads. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕President Brenda Thames announces AI degree at State of the College. At her 7th Annual State of the College address (Nov. 14, 2025), President Dr. Brenda Thames announced a new Artificial Intelligence degree program as part of a workforce-development strategy, citing the World Economic Forum 2025 Future of Jobs Report and positioning AI as a centerpiece of pathways to South Bay jobs. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Academic Senate advancing AI usage policy / resolution on AI grading tools. In October 2025 the Academic Senate moved plans forward on new AI usage policies, with VP of Academic Technology Stephanie Burnham presenting options to either pass a resolution or amend AP 3775; the Senate later (March 2026) raised concerns about faculty use of AI grading tools. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕ed2go continuing-education AI courses for teachers and students. El Camino College's Community/Continuing Education portal (ed2go) offers AI-focused courses including 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence,' 'AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction,' and 'AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use.' undated · medium confidence — source
PeoplePolicySystemsResources
Team/Lead: El Camino College/Senate/OoI/ Academic Senate President Charlene Brewer-Smith/Vice President of Educational Policies Darcie McClelland/Director of the Student Development Office Ricky Gonzalez/Dean of Counseling and Student Success Dipte Patel
- Oct 2023 El Camino Plans to Expand AI Policy
- Fall 2023 Academic Senate amends student code of conduct “representing the words, ideas, or work created by another person or generated using Artificial Intelligence as one’s own in any academic exercise” as dishonesty, and would be cause for discipline including removal, suspension or expulsion.
- The Academic Technology Committee
- The 2024-2027 Technology Plan
- March 2024 Misrepresenting AI-generated content as one’s own work in amendment to student conduct, pending approval
- April 2024 Board revised AP 5500 Code of Student Conduct
- “Dishonesty….
- Representing the words, ideas, or work created by another person or generated using Artificial Intelligence as one’s own in any academic exercise including the use of commercial term paper companies or online sources for essays, term papers, or research papers, whether free or paid….
- Using unauthorized electronic or non-electronic aids (e.g. notes, calculators, smartphones, generative AI, etc.) unless explicitly permitted by the instructor or District personnel.”
- May 2024, El Camino College introduced Microsoft Copilot, a free generative AI service accessible through college email accounts, utilizing ChatGPT-4 and DALL-E 3 for text and image creation.
- Sept 2024 Senate Sample Syllabus Statements to Support Student Success
- March 2025 Campus Viewpoints: AI in the Classroom
- April 2025 EOPS/CARE/Calworks/EC Foster Youth Student Workshop Cultivating Academic Honesty
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- https://www.elcamino.edu/academic-senate/Sample%20Syllabus%20Statementsn%209.26.24.pdf fetched
Policies
- 🆕Administrative Procedure 3775 governing generative AI under development. El Camino is developing/implementing Administrative Procedure 3775 to regulate use of AI technologies districtwide; per The Union, faculty may require evidence or citation of how generative AI was used in coursework, and specific rules vary by department. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- Academic Senate-approved sample AI syllabus statements. The El Camino College Academic Senate approved (9/17/2024) two sample AI syllabus statements for faculty: Option 1 'Encouraging General Use' (requires citation/documentation of Generative AI such as ChatGPT/DALL-E) and Option 2 'Restricting Specific Use' (AI barred except where assignment directions allow); unauthorized use is treated as academic misconduct under Administrative Procedure 5500. Fall 2024 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: El Camino College
- April 2024 Board revised AP 5500 Code of Student Conduct
- “Dishonesty….
- Representing the words, ideas, or work created by another person or generated using Artificial Intelligence as one’s own in any academic exercise including the use of commercial term paper companies or online sources for essays, term papers, or research papers, whether free or paid….
- Using unauthorized electronic or non-electronic aids (e.g. notes, calculators, smartphones, generative AI, etc.) unless explicitly permitted by the instructor or District personnel.”
- Sept 2024 Senate Sample Syllabus Statements to Support Student Success
- Option #1: Encouraging General Use
- Option #2: Restricting Specific Use
Resources
- 🆕$596,954 NSF grant for data science (K-14 pipeline). El Camino College won a $596,954 National Science Foundation grant under the Innovation in Two-Year College in STEM Education (ITYC) program (announced Sept. 23, 2024) to support dual-enrollment data science courses, faculty professional development in data science, and student-industry connections; PI is Computer Science Professor Dr. Solomon Russell. 2024 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Two AI courses approved for Fall 2026 (AI Fundamentals, AI and Ethics). El Camino's student newspaper (The Union) reports that two AI courses, AI Fundamentals and AI and Ethics, were approved to roll out in Fall 2026 through the Computer Information Systems department as part of building toward an AI associate degree. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Applied AI for Advanced Manufacturing certificate in development. El Camino is developing a certificate program in Applied Artificial Intelligence for Advanced Manufacturing, funded through an Industry Driven Regional Collaborative (IDRC) grant, per the President's State of the College remarks. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Nectir AI adopted for accessible course materials / AI tutoring. To meet ADA Title II accessibility requirements (April 2026 deadline), El Camino is an early adopter of Nectir AI, a platform letting instructors build course-specific AI assistants/tutors trained on syllabi and materials, with accommodations for students with disabilities. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕LightLeap AI used to detect enrollment/financial-aid fraud. The ECC Board of Trustees approved a $54,000 subscription to the LightLeap AI Fraud Detection Module (introduced Spring 2025); for Spring 2026, more than 4,000 applications were flagged as fraudulent, per an Acting Dean of Enrollment Services presentation to the Board. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕2024-2027 Technology Plan addresses AI. El Camino College's 2024-2027 Technology Plan (published on the college's comprehensive integrated planning site and on BoardDocs) addresses the institution's approach to emerging technologies including AI. 2024 · low confidence — source
- Faculty discussions framing AI around equity in online classrooms. El Camino's distance-education professional development has included faculty discussion sessions on generative AI covering how AI affects equity in the online classroom, AI and online assessment design, and ethical use/managing misuse. undated · low confidence — source
ResourcesSystems
Team/Lead: El Camino College
- In May 2024, El Camino College introduced Microsoft Copilot, a free generative AI service accessible through college email accounts, utilizing ChatGPT-4 and DALL-E 3 for text and image creation.eccunion.com
- The 2024-2027 Technology Plan emphasizes fostering AI education and literacy among faculty, staff, and students.
Engaged People
- Paid/flex faculty AI workshops and panels. GCC invites faculty innovating with AI/LLMs to propose and deliver workshops (for pay or flex credit) to the campus community, and plans keynote presentations, student and faculty panels, and faculty workshops as part of the Ethical Uses of AI project; faculty register/upload flex hours via the Vision Resource Center (facdev@glendale.edu). 2025 · high confidence — source
- AI events: student town hall and keynote. GCC hosted an AI Student Town Hall (December 6, 2023) and a virtual keynote by Anna Mills (Cañada College), "AI in Higher Ed: Figuring It Out Together" (February 23, 2024), with slides made available. Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 · high confidence — source
- Cross-divisional Ethical Uses of AI organizing team. The AI initiative is led by a cross-divisional team of faculty/staff: Julie Gamberg (English), Shant Shahoian (English/Library/Learning Center), Edwin Sookiassian (Computer Science), and Jennie Quinonez-Skinner (Library), reachable at ethicalai@glendale.edu. 2025 · high confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: Glendale Community College/Librarian Jennie Quiñónez-Skinner/ Student Club/Faculty Ethical Use of AI Organizers (all students and faculty listed to right)
- Library Guide, Jennie Quiñónez-Skinner, Outreach and Student Engagement Librarian
- Ethical Uses of AI: Resources for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Advanced Language Models
- “Grateful acknowledgment to Librarian Sarah Hood at Santa Fe Community College for generously allowing the use of portions of their libguide, Chat GPT 101, as a valuable resource in creating this content”
- Dr. Sarah Elain Eaton’s Ethical Principles for Detecting AI Generated Text in Student Work
- Student CoP
- AI Frontier Explorers | Student Club
- Emilio Guillen, eguille953@student.glendale.edu
- Faculty CoP, Ethical Uses of AI Organizers: thicalai@glendale.edu
- Julie Gamberg | English | jgamberg@glendale.edu
- Shant Shahoian | English, Library, and Learning Center | shants@glendale.edu
- Edwin Sookiassian | Computer Science | esookiassian@glendale.edu
- Jennie Quinonez-Skinner | Library | jquinonezskinner@glendale.edu
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Policies
- No institutional generative-AI policy; syllabus policy not required. GCC states that "as of the Spring 2024 semester, GCC does not have an institutional policy on the use of Generative AI, nor does GCC require faculty to include such a policy in their course syllabi," recommending a course-level policy only as a best practice. Page last updated December 17, 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Recommended AI syllabus-policy elements (best practice). GCC recommends instructors who choose to adopt a course-level AI policy include a definition of generative AI, a clear statement permitting or prohibiting AI and its allowed scope, consequences for violations, and a reference to GCC's Academic Honesty Policy. 2025 · high confidence — source
- AI detectors not endorsed; flagged as unreliable. GCC's guide lists 20+ AI-detection tools (Turnitin, GPTZero, Copyleaks, etc.) but explicitly does not endorse them, noting their efficacy is inconsistent, none is 100% foolproof, and citing false-positive risks; the editor notes seriously considering deleting the section due to controversy. Last updated December 17, 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Glendale Community College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on the student code of conduct academic honesty policy
- Faculty are encouraged to develop their own course-specific policies regarding AI usage:
- “As of the Spring 2024 semester, GCC does not have an institutional policy on the use of Generative AI, nor does GCC require faculty to include such a policy in their course syllabi.
- However, whether you plan to allow the use of Generative AI in your course or not, having a course/syllabus policy in place is a best practice that can prevent confusion and miscommunication.”
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Resources
- 🆕GCC Library AI Philosophy approved February 17, 2026. The GCC Library adopted a formal AI Philosophy (approved by the GCC Librarians on February 17, 2026) stating AI use must support educational outcomes and critical inquiry, cautioning against using AI to bypass genuine research, and directing students to use AI ethically by citing sources including AI models themselves. Page last updated June 12, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Frontier Explorers student club. GCC's AI guide lists a student club, "AI Frontier Explorers," with a student contact, indicating a peer/student engagement channel around AI. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- "Ethical Uses of AI" CampusGuide (institutional AI resource hub). GCC maintains a multi-section library CampusGuide on the ethical use of generative AI covering generative AI basics, ethical considerations, plagiarism/academic integrity, AI for employees, AI in the classroom, and events; its goal is to facilitate discussion about LLMs like ChatGPT through keynotes, panels, faculty workshops, and an online repository. Last updated December 17, 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
- AI-for-employees / staff use guidance. GCC's guide gives staff best practices for AI use (verify outputs, adopt selectively, be transparent about ChatGPT use) and identifies legitimate uses such as rubrics, recommendation letters, quiz/discussion questions, grant writing, lesson planning, and email drafting. Last updated December 17, 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Writing-assignment redesign guidance. GCC curates strategies for redesigning writing assignments around AI ("guide, don't hide"), emphasizing process over product, reflective use of ChatGPT, and framing AI in roles such as tutor, coach, mentor, teammate, tool, simulator, and student rather than banning it. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Ethical considerations: bias, equity, environment, privacy. The guide's ethics section addresses AI bias ("a new civil rights frontier"), labor exploitation of low-paid content moderators in the Global South ("digital sweatshops"), environmental/water-and-energy costs, data privacy under ChatGPT's terms of service, and links to a White House "AI Bill of Rights." Last updated December 17, 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Glendale Community College
- Library Faculty Created Guide
- Ethical Uses of AI: Resources for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Advanced Language Models
- Library Faculty Created Guide
- “Grateful acknowledgment to Librarian Sarah Hood at Santa Fe Community College for generously allowing the use of portions of their libguide, Chat GPT 101, as a valuable resource in creating this content”
- Dr. Sarah Elain Eaton’s Ethical Principles for Detecting AI Generated Text in Student Work
- Ethical Uses of AI: AI For Employees and Task—-Resources for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Advanced Language Models
- PD
- We invite faculty who have been innovating in the AI/LLM landscape to deliver workshops (for pay or flex) to the campus community. Please fill out this form to propose a workshop that will enlighten your colleagues.
- Courses
- GCC offers courses in the Computer Science/Information Systems Department that cover programming languages such as Java, which are essential for AI development
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Engaged People
- 🆕Canvas Ignite AI Tools faculty workshop. OLET listed a faculty workshop 'What's New in Canvas: Recent Features and Ignite AI Tools' for February 20, 2026, covering AI tools within the Canvas LMS. 2026 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: Long Beach City College/OLET Online Learning and Ed Tech /Library Faculty Colin Williams
- OLET Online Learning & Ed Tech OER Committee AI Resources for Faculty .pdf)
- Library Guide AI in Research by Colin Williams
- Career Center: The center has integrated AI into its services, offering workshops like "Use AI to Build Your Resume." lbcc.edu
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Policies
- 🆕BP/AP 4910 Generative Artificial Intelligence in Academics. The LBCC Committee on Curriculum & Instruction agenda for April 30, 2025 lists 'E. 1st Reading BP/AP 4910 Generative Artificial Intelligence in Academics' (alongside a 2nd reading of BP/AP 4035 Academic Honesty), creating a dedicated board policy/administrative procedure governing generative AI in academics. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Long Beach City College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on the student code of conduct academic honesty policy, including:
- “Academic Dishonesty….Using online tools or services that are not authorized by the instructor….
- Plagiarism is copying another’s work, and representing it as one’s own. In an academic setting, it most commonly happens in writing assignments in which a student uses a passage out of a published work without attribution. It can take other forms, including, but not limited to, copying parts of a speech or copying a work of art or utilizing solutions found online.”
Resources
- 🆕AS degree: Artificial Intelligence for Digital Transformation. LBCC's catalog has a dedicated 'Artificial Intelligence' subject area offering an Associate in Science in 'Artificial Intelligence for Digital Transformation' (Plan Code 2150). It builds competencies in generative AI, conversational and agentic systems, multimodal integration, and human-AI collaboration, with emphasis on responsible innovation and ethical/human-centered design. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Literacy - Certificate of Accomplishment. AI Literacy Certificate of Accomplishment (Plan Code 4150) introduces foundational AI/Machine Learning concepts for entry-level roles, focusing on non-technical, workforce-ready applications including AI-powered automation, data-driven decision-making, and ethical considerations (data privacy, automation, algorithmic bias) across business, healthcare, and education. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Literacy - Certificate of Completion (stackable). The catalog's Artificial Intelligence subject area lists an AI Literacy Certificate of Completion alongside the AI Literacy Certificate of Accomplishment and the AS degree, forming a stackable AI credential pathway. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕LBCC leads $1.595M regional AI Literacy & Innovation Project (LARC). Per the Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC), Long Beach City College is the project lead for the 'AI Literacy & Innovation Project' funded at $1,595,000, integrating AI literacy and innovation across education/workforce systems and supporting all 19 LA-region community colleges via professional development, faculty AI-integration training, ethical-use, and curriculum development. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Equity Innovation Grant Round 2 names 'AI Innovation' a priority. LBCC's Equity Innovation Grants Round 2 (funded by a 2021 MacKenzie Scott gift; up to $25,000-$100,000/yr, application deadline Sept 30, 2025, awards anticipated April 2026) names 'AI Innovation' as one of four priority areas, seeking ethical AI uses in teaching, student support, and operations. Overseen by the Office of Innovation / Chief Innovation Officer Shaina Phillips. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Nectir AI faculty introduction workshop. LBCC's OLET (Online Learning & Educational Technology) team offered an in-person 'Nectir AI Introduction' workshop for faculty/staff on March 17, 2026 (sessions 11am and 1:30pm, LAC L152). Nectir is the AI learning-assistant platform being rolled out free across the California Community Colleges system. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Student AI workshops: NotebookLM for Studying. LBCC's Trades, Technology and Community Learning Campus (TTC) Multidisciplinary Success Center hosted interactive 'AI Workshops' on using NotebookLM for studying on May 20-21 and May 27, 2026 (room EE206), aimed at students/campus community. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI in Logistics workforce course. LBCC offers a fully online Logistics program (two 8-week courses leading to the SCPro Fundamentals Certificate) in which students learn how AI and generative AI are reshaping the movement and delivery of goods; cohorts scheduled May-August 2026, with WIOA funding available. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Statewide CCC Nectir AI learning-assistant rollout includes LBCC. The California Community Colleges system partnered with Nectir to deploy free, 24/7 AI learning assistants to its colleges (announced October 2025), serving ~2.1M students; LBCC, as a CCC member offering Nectir faculty training, participates in this gradual rollout. (System-level partnership; LBCC-specific deployment detail limited.) 2025 · medium confidence — source
- Library research guide: AI in Higher Education / AI in Research. The LBCC Libraries LibGuide on AI in Higher Education / AI in Research (last updated December 1, 2025) covers AI/NLP capabilities and limitations and advocates empowering students through pedagogy rather than banning AI, emphasizing critical thinking, information literacy, scaffolded assignments, ethical practice, and proper citation; it also links AI-detection tools (e.g., Copyleaks). 2025 · high confidence — source
- AI in Healthcare (IDEAS) free virtual program. An earlier offering: a free 12-week self-paced virtual 'IDEAS: AI in Healthcare' program (info session Oct 2023, program start Jan 2024) delivered via the LA Regional Consortium of 19 community colleges, hosted by AI LA and supported by a Google Community Grant. Older context, not a current 2025-26 development. Fall 2023 · medium confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: Long Beach City College
- Library Guide
- AI in Research by Colin Williams
- PD
- OER Committee AI Resources for Faculty .pdf)
- ChatGPT for Higher Education and Professional Development: A Guide to Conversational AI (University of Rhode Island) (Peer-Reviewed)
- This guide will teach you: How ChatGPT can help college students, educators and professionals with writing, communication and learning. How to write effective prompts so ChatGPT can help. Best practices for using ChatGPT in a responsible and ethical manner.
- Courses
- AI Workshops: LBCC's Career Center has conducted workshops, such as "Use AI to Build Your Resume," to educate students on leveraging AI in their career development.
- AI in Healthcare Program: In collaboration with the Los Angeles Regional Consortium and AI LA, LBCC offers the "IDEAS: AI in Healthcare" program, fostering a community focused on AI applications in healthcare.
- AI-Related Courses: LBCC provides programs in Computer Science and Cloud Computing, which cover foundational topics pertinent to AI. lbcc.edu
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Engaged People
- 🆕LARC A.I. Learning Library / A.I. Taskforce membership. LACC is one of the 'LA-19' community colleges in the Los Angeles Regional Consortium, whose A.I. Learning Library and A.I. Taskforce offer free AI professional development sessions (beginner to sector-specific), 25+ recorded trainings, and a 2025 Foundation & Impact Report. Partners cited include Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, Apple, KPMG and the Broad Foundation. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- AI addressed as a strategic priority in Academic Plan 2024-2030; references an 'AI taskforce'. LACC's Academic Plan 2024-2030 (approved by Academic Senate Oct 3, 2024) devotes a Technological Factors chapter to AI/generative AI, aligns the plan to Vision 2030's 'Generative AI and the Future of Learning' direction, recommends integrating AI-focused courses across disciplines, and notes a faculty member 'has volunteered to work on the AI taskforce' (in the Child Development/FCS department narrative). 2024 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicyResources
Team/Lead: LA City College/Library Faculty/Online Education Committee (OEC)/Computer Tech Dept Faculty
- Dec 2023 Library Guide
- AI Tools and You
- May 2024 OER Handbook
- “Online Education strives to support faculty as they navigate issues with generative AI (GenAI) in their online teaching. The local OE office, in collaboration with the District Distance Education Committee, will offer periodic workshops that deal with the issues of GenAI in the classroom and disseminate useful information and best practices in the lead up to each semester. Furthermore, the LACCD supports tools for AI detection and will continually update these tools in accordance with district policy. The OE Office strongly suggests that faculty members include language in their syllabi that outlines the policy for AI usage in their classes.”
- Summer 2024 Syllabus Examples with draft language
- CHICANO 007 - THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES I
- Spring 2025 Syllabus Examples with draft language
- ADDICST 086 - ADVANCED FIELD WORK PRACTICUM (III)
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Policies
- Faculty guidance on responsible AI use and academic integrity (Academic Plan). The Academic Plan states that as generative AI becomes more prevalent, LACC faculty have been balancing technological advancement with maintaining academic integrity, with 'efforts to guide students on responsible AI use, proper citation, and originality.' Multiple departments (e.g., Cinema/TV) describe teaching ethical AI use while discouraging over-reliance on AI for creative work. Note: the catalog's formal Academic Integrity policy does not name AI specifically. 2024 · high confidence — source
PolicySystemsResources
Team/Lead: LA City College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on the student code of conduct academic honesty policy, professor by professor
- May 2024 OER Handbook
- “Online Education strives to support faculty as they navigate issues with generative AI (GenAI) in their online teaching. The local OE office, in collaboration with the District Distance Education Committee, will offer periodic workshops that deal with the issues of GenAI in the classroom and disseminate useful information and best practices in the lead up to each semester.
- Furthermore, the LACCD supports tools for AI detection and will continually update these tools in accordance with district policy.
- The OE Office strongly suggests that faculty members include language in their syllabi that outlines the policy for AI usage in their classes.”
- Spring 2025 Sample Syllabus language
- “Artificial Intelligence Policy:
- Students are not permitted to utilize artificial intelligence or grammar changing software to complete assignments. This includes (but not limited) to the following programs: Grammarly, Wordtune, Quillbot, ProWritingAid, etc.
- All assignments are run through two different AI detection software programs.”
Resources
- 🆕LARC AI Literacy & Innovation Project ($1.595M regional grant, includes LACC). A 2025-2026 Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC) project, led by Long Beach City College and funded at $1,595,000, lists Los Angeles City College among the participating colleges. It funds faculty professional development, AI curriculum integration, responsible-use instruction, and a sustainable regional professional learning network across all 19 LA-area community colleges. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Machine Learning Certificate of Achievement. The official 2025-2026 LACC College Catalog lists an 18-unit Machine Learning Certificate of Achievement (State Code 42224) covering AI/ML concepts, the four ML models (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement, GAN), Python (Scikit, TensorFlow) and AWS services (Rekognition, SageMaker, Deep Racer), preparing students for the AWS Machine Learning specialty certification and roles such as Machine Learning Engineer and Data Scientist. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Machine Learning / AI courses in Computer Science catalog. The 2025-26 catalog includes credit courses supporting the ML certificate, including CS 166 Machine Learning Programming and Applications (CSU/UC transferable; covers supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement and GAN models and explainable predictions), CS 121 Python Programming for Data Science & Machine Learning, and CIS 192/194 AWS cloud computing courses. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Continuing-education AI courses via ed2go (Intro to AI; Data Science & AI). LACC's branded ed2go online/continuing-education catalog offers non-credit AI courses, including 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' (chatbots, recommendation engines, business analytics) and a 'Data Science and Artificial Intelligence' career-training program. 2025 · medium confidence — source
Resources
Team/Lead: LA City College
- AI-Related Courses:
- Course development Computer Technology Department: Machine Learning Certificate of Achievement programmap.lacitycollege.edu
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" course aimed at providing foundational knowledge of AI, covering topics like machine learning, neural networks, and natural language processing. ed2go.com
- PD Resources
- AI Literacy Guide
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Engaged People
- 🆕Participant in regional LARC AI Literacy & Innovation Project. Los Angeles Harbor College is explicitly listed among 18 participating colleges in the Los Angeles Regional Consortium's 'AI Literacy & Innovation Project' (lead: Long Beach City College; $1,595,000), which provides faculty professional development for integrating AI into instruction, guidance on ethical AI use, and student skill-building in emerging technologies. 2025 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicyResources
Team/Lead: LA Harbor College/Library Faculty Librarian - Jonathon Lee and Librarian - Tamar Khajadourian/Nursing Faculty
- Feb 2025 Library Guide Citations - APA: Artificial Intelligence: AI
- Using ChatGPT or other generative AI in your assignments
- Confirm with your course coordinator or check your course syllabus before using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your assessment. Some instructors do not permit the use of AI tools, while others may allow AI with some limitations.
- Any permitted use of AI for assessment must be acknowledged appropriately. Your course instructor will provide guidance on how to reference the use of AI tools. Some possible examples include:
- Citing or referencing in the text or list of references
- Inclusion in your methodology
- An appendix including a full transcript of any prompts and AI-generated responses.
- Sample AI Policies by Course/Discipline
- June 2024 Nursing Program
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy The purpose of this policy is to ensure the academic integrity and originality of writing assignments, while also allowing students to use AI tools to enhance the learning experience. Faculty will set expectations for the use of AI in their specific assignments including explicit direction as to when students cannot use AI. In general, students may utilize generative AI as a tool, resource, or consultant and not as a replacement for their own knowledge synthesis, reasoning, or self-reflection.
- Students are expected to adhere to the following:
- If generative AI is used for an assignment, it must be appropriately cited.
- Students are responsible for any inaccurate, biased, offensive, or otherwise unethical content they submit regardless of whether they personally authored it or used AI software to generate the content.
- Students may not create H&Ps or patient care documentation within the authentic clinical environment using artificial intelligence applications outside of those supported by the EHR (e.g., dot phrases, smart phrases, other system-generated text). Protected health information should never otherwise be used within a generative AI tool.
- Students may not copy and paste system or course session materials, presentation slides, or exam questions into AI systems consistent with copyright and intellectual property rights.
- When submitting scholarly work for publication or presentation, students must adhere to generative AI policies set forth by journals and organizations and disclose when and how these tools have been used.
- If a student is found to have inappropriately utilized generative AI, the student will be subject to the nursing program Academic Dishonesty Policy.
- 2021-2026 Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)Innovation and Technology Plan
- “Increase technology modernization and innovation….
- 2.4. Embrace new technology options for enhanced learning such as Simulation Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality”
- Nov 2021 “Proposed LAHC policy on Student Academic Honesty: Los Angeles Harbor College is committed to preparing students to compete confidently and effectively in a rapidly changing, information-driven, technological global community. Students are expected to be honest and ethical. No acceptable rationale for dishonesty can be based on physical, emotional or learning challenges. The college expects that students do their own academic work. Acceptable academic conduct does not include cheating, plagiarism or any other unethical academic behavior.It is the student’s responsibility to know what conduct is academically honest.”
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- https://www.lahc.edu/sites/lahc.edu/files/2024-08/LAHCNU%20Student%20Handbook%202024%20to%202025.pdf fetched
Policies
- Student AI-use guidance defers to instructor/syllabus. The same library guide instructs students to 'Confirm with your course coordinator or check your course syllabus before using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your assessment,' noting some instructors prohibit AI while others allow it with limits, and that any permitted use must be acknowledged via citation, methodology, or an appendix of prompts/responses. Page last updated Feb 14, 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: LA Harbor College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on student code of conduct, academic honesty.
- Not able to find student-facing academic honesty language on LAHC site nor LACCCD.
- Appears faculty may establish AI-related guidelines in individual course syllabi.
- Sample AI Policies by Course/Discipline
- June 2024 Nursing Program
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Resources
- 🆕Non-credit 'AI for Business: ChatGPT & Copilot' course. Through its Career Training (ed2go) portal, LAHC offers a self-paced 36-hour non-credit course ($795, code GES3131) teaching prompt-writing, content generation, data analysis, ChatGPT (Custom GPTs, Agent Mode, Deep Research) and Microsoft 365 Copilot, with a capstone AI workflow and exam. Listed as 'New'; content references current 2025/2026 AI features. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Non-credit AI program catalog (3 AI courses). LAHC's Career Training catalog lists an 'AI-Artificial Intelligence Programs' category with three courses, all marked 'New': 'AI for Business: ChatGPT & Copilot' (36 hrs), 'Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Course' (260 hrs, Python/ML/SQL/scikit-learn), and 'Python for AI: Create AI Apps with Flask & OpenAI' (60 hrs). 2026 · high confidence — source
- Library guide on citing and using generative AI. The LAHC Library maintains an 'Artificial Intelligence: AI' guide under its APA citations LibGuide, giving students APA/MLA/Chicago-style templates for citing ChatGPT and other generative AI, examples (e.g., OpenAI ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion), and cautions about inaccurate/biased output and sharing sensitive data. 2025 · high confidence — source
ResourcesSystems
Team/Lead: LA Harbor College
- AI-Related Courses:
- Introduction to Computer Science (CS 101) – Covers foundational AI concepts.
- Data Science and Analytics – Includes AI-based data modeling.
- AI Tools and Platforms Used:
- AI-powered research databases available through the library.
- AI-assisted tutoring tools via online student support services
Engaged People
- 🆕Dr. Parvaneh (Par) Mohammadian named 2025 CCCCO AI Fellow. Dr. Parvaneh Mohammadian, Life Sciences faculty and department Vice Chair at LA Mission College, is listed in the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) 2025 AI Fellows Cohort; she serves as the campus contact/lead for LAMC's National AI Campus AI work. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Women's History Month panel on AI / emerging tech in education (March 2026). On March 12, 2026 LAMC hosted an online panel, 'Breaking Barriers: How Women Are Shaping the Future of Emerging Technology in Education,' hosted by Par Mohammadian and featuring multiple California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office AI Fellows (Dominique Wu, Suha Aljuboori of Folsom Lake College's AI Dept., Jacqueline Hester) plus LAMC STEM Dean/JPL astrophysicist Dr. Farisa Morales, discussing GenAI in curriculum, immersive/VR learning, and human-centered AI. 2026 · high confidence — source
People
Team/Lead: LA Mission College
- None yet found.
Policies
Policy
Team/Lead: LA Mission College
- None yet found. Appears to rely on student conduct code via academic honesty.
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- 🆕National AI Campus collaboration (Cedars-Sinai / Dr. Xiuzhen Huang network). LAMC's AI and Machine Learning project is run 'in collaboration with the National AI Campus,' a project-based AI/ML learning initiative founded by Dr. Xiuzhen Huang in 2018; LAMC faculty work under National AI Campus mentorship to design AI-centered projects across STEM disciplines as a one-campus pilot intended to later expand to other regional community colleges. The program page's photo caption lists Cedars-Sinai staff and Cedars-Sinai researchers (Dr. Dennis Hazelett) alongside LAMC participants. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Career Center 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Career Tool'. The LAMC Career Center lists an 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Career Tool: Create Your Resume and Practice Interview Q&A's' among its services for students; the page shows Spring 2026 office hours, indicating the resource is currently offered. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Non-credit 'VOC ED AI Course' in machine learning / image processing. LAMC offers a non-credit AI course for students interested in machine learning and AI applications in image processing, with most participants focusing on cancer diagnosis (plus astrophysics). Topics include tensors and NumPy, edge detection, image segmentation, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, and U-NET architecture; the course meets TTh 11:15-12:30 (starting March 2nd) in person or via Zoom, with no prior experience required. 2026 · high confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: LA Mission College
- PD
- Feb 2023 Logical Next Steps: Microsoft Summit introduces innovative AI initiatives to Los Angeles Community College District
- Fall 2023 Student Voices Panel: AI and ChaptGPT
- Tools
- Career Center AI Resume Tool
- AI-Related Courses Computer Science Department and Data Science Program:
- CIS 124: Data Analytics
- CS 166: Machine Learning Programming and Applications
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Engaged People
- 🆕Academic Senate discussion of AI on campus. A student-newspaper report (dated Dec 2, 2025) describes the Pierce College Academic Senate discussing AI in classrooms, with faculty raising concerns about student engagement and whether AI helps or harms instruction; no formal college-wide AI policy or task force was reported. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeoplePolicySystemsResources
Team/Lead: LA Pierce College/Academic Policy Committee/Distance Education Professor Wendy Bass/Physics Department Chair Travis Orloff/Library Faculty
- Spring 2025 Syllabus Checklist
- Statement Regarding the Use of AI Programs
- Many assignments require writing, research, and/or sharing your ideas. The vast amount of information available online means that it can be hard to distinguish accurate from inaccurate sources. Websites are not always credible and sometimes reflect a biased viewpoint intended to sway the reader’s opinion. Similarly, AI tools (such as ChatGPT) may spread misinformation and falsehoods. When you do outside research, be sure to use reputable sources, such as peer-reviewed journal articles, government websites, or credible news articles. All outside sources must be properly cited in APA or MLA format.
- Importantly, always share what you learn in your own words, in a way that makes sense to you and in a way that is relevant to the assignment. The use of AI to write your posts is considered plagiarism because it is not your original writing. Plagiarism-detecting software (TurnItIn) and AI-detecting software (OpenAI Detector) may be used to analyze your submissions for originality. Any evidence of plagiarism will result in a zero on the assignment and possible further disciplinary action.
- Additional AI Policy Statement Examples (internal drive)
- November 2024, the Pierce College Academic Senate adopted a new code of conduct regarding AI usage in classrooms. This policy grants professors the discretion to permit or prohibit AI tools in their courses. Academic Senate Meeting Notes
- Library Faculty created library guides
- ChatGPT & AI in College
- Teaching with AI
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- https://theroundupnews.com/2024/11/20/curriculum-standardization-causes-a-stir/?utm_source=chatgpt.com blocked
Policies
- Library guidance: unauthorized generative AI use may violate academic integrity. The Pierce Library generative-AI guide states 'Unauthorized use of generative AI software may constitute an academic integrity violation' and that students should 'Always check with your instructor before using AI tools like ChatGPT for an assignment,' and provides APA citation templates for ChatGPT-generated text and images. 2026 · high confidence — source
PolicyPeople
Team/Lead: LA Pierce College
- November 2024, Academic Senate adopted a new code of conduct regarding AI usage in classrooms.
- Cannot find student-facing copy of language
- This policy grants professors the discretion to permit or prohibit AI tools in their courses. Academic Senate Meeting Notes
Resources
- 🆕L.A. Pierce AI Campus noncredit Certificate of Achievement. The LAPC AI Campus offers a free, hands-on 16-week (two 8-week sessions) research internship pathway in which students take three noncredit vocational courses (VocEd 650CE Integrated Workplace Support, VocEd 098CE, VocEd 224CE) and earn a Certificate of Achievement for completing an applied AI/biomedical research project. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕First U.S. community college AI biomedical research program (National AI Campus / Cedars-Sinai). On Oct 20, 2025 LAPC announced it became the first U.S. community college to launch an AI-powered biomedical research program through a partnership with National AI Campus, giving undergraduates machine-learning tools and real medical datasets; the pilot was co-developed with Dennis Hazelett, Associate Director of Cedars AI Campus and Assistant Professor of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Campus student research showcase during STEM Week (Spring 2026). On March 27, 2026 four student groups presented biomedical AI research projects (e.g., breast cancer prognosis using cancer-registry data) at a STEM Week showcase in Building 600; the program is co-directed by Benny Ng, who said the experience is 'a lot more meaningful than an A in computer science.' 2026 · high confidence — source
- Library 'ChatGPT & AI in College' research guide. Pierce Library maintains a multi-page LibGuide covering what generative AI/ChatGPT is, higher-education uses, ethical/legal/privacy concerns, and writing/citation/plagiarism guidance; last updated November 19, 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Library 'Teaching with AI' faculty page with Pierce faculty syllabus examples. The library's Teaching with AI page (last updated Nov 19, 2025) encourages faculty to include AI policy language in syllabi, maintains a collection of syllabus examples from Pierce College faculty for reference, and discusses AI-detection limitations. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Ivy.ai conversational AI agent for student services. In June 2019 LAPC partnered with Ivy.ai to deploy an AI chatbot across campus offices to simplify applications/financial aid and provide 24/7 student support; this predates the 2025 baseline and is not a new development. 2019 · high confidence — source
- ed2go continuing-education AI courses (Pierce Extension). Pierce College's continuing-education catalog (ed2go 'piercext') lists self-paced AI courses including 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' and an 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Suite'; these are vendor-delivered noncredit offerings and the start date of the Pierce-branded listing could not be verified. undated · low confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: LA Pierce College
- Library Faculty created library guides
- ChatGPT & AI in College
- Teaching with AI
- PD
- Engagement in AI-related PD:
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Engaged People
- LASC-hosted 'AI in Higher Education: Where's it Going?' event (2023). LASC hosted a public virtual panel event 'AI in Higher Education: Where's it Going?' on October 5, 2023, featuring LASC's Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Jamail Carter and other higher-education professionals discussing current and future uses of AI and machine learning at their institutions. Fall 2023 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicyResources
Team/Lead: LA Southwest College/LASC Professional Development Committee/Distance Education/LACCD
- Survey
- Interest in AI at our campus arrived about the same time as the student bot infiltration that has plagued us since Fall 2024. There was a pronounced use of AI in online courses by students that faculty were wholly unprepared for. For the most part, the approach has been diffuse.
- The Ad Hoc Committee on AI were tasked for simply revising the Academic Integrity policy to include the use of AI by students. Once completed the committee disbanded.
- Distance Education has held some workshops regarding AI, mostly in the realm of addressing its use by students in coursework.
- LASC Distance Education Coordinator has been invited to participate in the CVC-OEI AI Train-the-Trainer Community of Practice for Spring 2025.
- LASC Professional Development Committee organized a series of workshops based around the book, Teaching with AI by Bowen and Watson, kicking it off with a personalized workshop led by author Watson. The series was poorly attended.
- The intent is to establish an AI CoP at LASC by Fall 2025 involving faculty, staff, students and admin to develop a foundation for creating a comprehensive approach to AI at LASC.
- LACCD, our campus also has access to district-level training and workships on AI; these are more robust and address faculty and how they can use AI in their workflows in areas like assessment revisions, rubric creation, humanizing course content, and AI prompt engineering.
Policies
- Academic Integrity policy explicitly covers unauthorized generative AI use. The LASC 2025-26 College Catalog states that, per the LASC Academic Senate, the Academic Integrity policy applies to any use of generative Artificial Intelligence not specifically authorized by the instructor, defining generative AI as technology (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Bard, Dall-E) that can produce original text, imagery, code, audio, and video. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: LA Southwest College
- The campus revised our Student Code of Conduct Academic Integrity policy to include the use of artificial intelligence by students in their work.
- The revision only addresses the potential use of AI in cheating and plagiarism on behalf of students.
- Was not able to find a publicly available student-facing copy of this language
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Resources
- 🆕Participant in LARC AI Literacy & Innovation Project (2025-26). LA Southwest College is explicitly listed among the participating colleges in the Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC) 'LA-25 LBCC: AI Literacy & Innovation Project,' a 2025-2026 regional initiative led by Long Beach City College with $1,595,000 in funding to integrate AI literacy and innovation across education and workforce systems, including faculty/student professional development. 2025 · high confidence — source
- CIS 197 Azure AI Fundamentals course (Microsoft AI-900 aligned). The 2025-26 catalog lists CIS 197 'Azure AI Fundamentals' (3 units, CSU-transferable), which introduces AI and Microsoft Azure AI services, machine learning, computer vision, NLP, and conversational AI workloads, and is aligned with the Microsoft AI-900 certification. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Cloud Computing (AWS) Certificate of Achievement. The 2025-26 catalog lists a Cloud Computing Certificate of Achievement (CIS 192/193/194/195, 12 units) built on Amazon Web Services with embedded industry certifications for cloud careers; the catalog program index lists it as 'Cloud Computing AWS' (code S040092D). Related Microsoft Azure courses (CIS 196, 197 Azure AI, 198) are also cataloged. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Microsoft/AWS AI certificate origin partnership (historical). Per a California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) feature, former LASC CTE/Workforce dean Rick Hodge challenged Microsoft to develop the first AI certificate in Southern California; LASC, with CS professor Naja El Khoury, ran a faculty AI bootcamp and a 2020 virtual Microsoft Azure Summit (~1,300 attendees) for the district, building Azure AI and AWS cloud curriculum. Fall 2024 · medium confidence — source
ResourcesPeople
Team/Lead: LA Southwest College
- PD, per survey:
- The LASC Professional Development Committee organized a series of workshops based around the book, Teaching with AI by Bowen and Watson, kicking it off with a personalized workshop led by author Watson. The series was poorly attended.
- Distance Education has held some workshops regarding AI, mostly in the realm of addressing its use by students in coursework.
- As part of the LACCD, our campus also has access to district-level training and workshops on AI; these are more robust and address faculty and how they can use AI in their workflows in areas like assessment revisions, rubric creation, humanizing course content, and AI prompt engineering.
- The LASC Distance Education Coordinator has been invited to participate in the CVC-OEI AI Train-the-Trainer Community of Practice for Spring 2025.
- The intent is to establish an AI CoP at LASC by Fall 2025 involving faculty, staff, students and admin to develop a foundation for creating a comprehensive approach to AI at LASC.
- AI in Higher Ed: Where is it going
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Engaged People
- 🆕LATTC faculty presenting at ASCCC 'AI and Academia 2026'. Two Los Angeles Trade-Technical College faculty—Maria Elena Martinez (History Instructor/Department Chair) and Torisha Khonach (Assistant Professor)—are listed as panelists on the roundtable 'Double-Edged Sword: AI's Impact on Community College Equity and Student Jobs' at the ASCCC AI and Academia conference held March 19–21, 2026, examining how generative and agentic AI can bridge or widen equity gaps. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Regional (LARC) AI professional development available to LATTC faculty. Through LARC, LATTC faculty and staff have access to the 2025–2026 'A.I. in L.A.' Professional Development Series (recorded and live sessions on AI ethics, implementation, workflow, and sector applications) plus external resources via Google, NVIDIA (GenAI Teaching Kit/certification), and Apple. This is a shared regional offering, not LATTC-owned. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: LA Trade Tech College/Information Technology Dept
- Information Technology department
- Partnership with Conectado led to the development of the AI Literacy Bootcamp, aiming to provide comprehensive AI education. conectado.com
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Policies
Policy
Team/Lead: LA Trade Tech College
- None yet found. Appears to rely on student code of conduct via academic honesty.
- LACCD student code of conduct, including dishonesty
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Resources
- 🆕LATTC faculty framing AI as an equity issue. In the ASCCC AI and Academia 2026 roundtable description, LATTC faculty participate in examining AI as a 'transformative force' posing both opportunities and challenges to community college equity and student jobs, exploring how AI can either bridge or widen opportunity gaps. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Enrollment growth tied to AI-resistant trade careers. An April 2026 ABC7 report describes rising enrollment at LATTC as students seek 'AI-proof' blue-collar careers (e.g., electrical lineman, HVAC, plumbing, welding); LATTC President Alfred McQuarters noted strong, sustained demand for the college's construction programs. The college is positioned as a counter-response to AI labor disruption rather than as an AI-curriculum provider. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Member of LARC, the regional consortium running the AI Learning Library / AI Taskforce. LATTC is one of the 19 Los Angeles-region community colleges (LA-19) in the Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC), which operates the LARC A.I. Learning Library and A.I. Taskforce providing free AI professional development, recorded trainings, and a 2025 Regional Foundation & Impact Report on AI literacy across member colleges. This is regional infrastructure available to LATTC, not an LATTC-specific program. 2025 · high confidence — source
ResourcesPeople
Team/Lead: LA Trade Tech College
- PD
- Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Presentation on AI by Guillermo Diaz
- Courses
- Conectado, offers the AI Literacy Bootcamp
- This program is designed for both undergraduate students and working professionals, focusing on practical AI applications across various industries. conectado.com
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Engaged People
- 🆕LAVC member of LARC (LA-19) Regional AI Taskforce / AI Learning Library. LA Valley College is a confirmed member of the Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC), whose AI Taskforce drives coordinated regional AI integration and runs a free 'AI Learning Library' of training resources plus a 2025-2026 Professional Development Series; LARC released a 'Regional Foundation & Impact Report 2025' covering the LA-19 colleges. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕LACCD Academic Senate / LARC 'A.I. in Higher Education Virtual Summit' (Aug 22, 2025). The Los Angeles Community College District Academic Senate, with LARC, hosted a virtual AI in Higher Education Summit on August 22, 2025, for LA-region faculty/staff/students/leaders, featuring a keynote, panel, and breakout sessions focused on ethical use, innovative practice, and institutional AI policy; LAVC is a LACCD college within this district-wide effort. 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: LA Valley College/Library Faculty Mike FitzGerald, Alex Chappell, and Meghan Cason/CSIS Dept
- May 2024 Library Faculty created Guides
- Artificial Intelligence Toolkit for Faculty
- Generative Artificial Intelligence for Students
- ChatGPT on MLA Citation and Paper Formatting Guide (MLA 8th Edition)
- OER: Open Educational Resources
- Computer Science Information Systems (CSIS) Department
- This department is actively involved in AI initiatives, including co-sponsoring events like the 2025 California AI Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Summit. lavc.edu
- 2025 California AI Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Summit
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Policies
- AI syllabus-policy guidance for faculty ('AI in the Classroom'). The 'AI in the Classroom' page advises faculty to set clear syllabus policies, outlining four approaches (prohibit all use; allow only with permission; allow with acknowledgment; freely permit) and points to University of Delaware and Carnegie Mellon sample syllabus language; it emphasizes transparency ('If you would credit a human for similar assistance, credit the language model') and links MLA/APA/Chicago AI citation guidance. Last updated March 23, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
PolicyResourcesSystems
Team/Lead: LA Valley College
- None yet found. Appears to rely on student code of conduct via academic honesty.
- LAVC Library guidance in the absence of an AI policy:
- Generative Artificial Intelligence for Students
- “Best Bet: Until Valley College and the LACCD come up with comprehensive guidelines regarding student use of AI tools, your best bet for knowing when to use AI for college (and how to cite it) is to simply ask your instructor. Many instructors are now including AI guidelines in their syllabus, but if you don't see it there, you can always ask your instructor directly.
- If you have been falsely accused of cheating with AI, please refer to the information here.
- Keep in mind, as with all things related to AI, the norms and conventions for citing AI-generated content are likely to evolve over the next few years. For now, some of the major style guides have released preliminary guidelines, which we will outline below.”
- Artificial Intelligence Toolkit for Faculty advises Faculty:
- “Establishing Policies
- Faculty may decide when and how to permit student use of AI in classwork. Your best bet is to establish clear policies upfront that your students can easily locate in your syllabus and in Canvas. Policies range from outright bans of the technologies to those that allow and even encourage AI usage. For example, the University of Delaware offers four possible approaches to student use of these tools (and each approach may be context-specific):
- Prohibit all use of these tools
- Allow their use only with prior permission
- Allow their use only with explicit acknowledgment
- Freely allow their use
- The Eberly Center at Carnegie Mellon University offers some additional examples of syllabus language for your consideration.
- Text adapted from Navigating the Future: Open Education with Generative AI, developed and offered under the auspices of College of the Canyons, serving as Technical Assistance Provider, for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Zero Textbook Cost Degree Grant Program (April 2024), CC BY 4.0
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- 🆕LAVC hosts California AI-Cybersecurity Workforce Development & Education Summit (March 12-13, 2026). LAVC and the Los Angeles Community College District co-hosted the 2026 California AI-Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Summit on campus in Monarch Hall (March 12-13, 2026); the event is led by the California Cybersecurity Task Force, co-led by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the California Department of Technology (CDT), supported by Cal-CSIC, to address AI-cybersecurity workforce skills gaps across K-12, higher ed, industry, and government. 2026 · high confidence — source
- LAVC Library 'Artificial Intelligence Toolkit for Faculty' research guide. The LAVC Library maintains an AI faculty toolkit guide (lib.lavc.edu/ai-faculty) with sections on AI Basics, AI Tools & Resources, AI in the Classroom, and Limitations and Ethical Considerations; it defines generative AI/LLMs and states the library 'does not endorse any specific AI technologies' and advises discretion with personal data. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Faculty AI tools list (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, etc.). The faculty toolkit's 'AI Tools & Resources' page catalogs named chatbots/LLMs (ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Meta AI), image generators (DALL-E 3, Adobe Firefly via LAVC institutional Creative Cloud access, Ideogram, Midjourney, Craiyon), and education tools (Elicit, Explain Paper, Gamma, Harmonize for Canvas). Last updated March 23, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- LAVC Library 'Generative Artificial Intelligence for Students' guide. A companion student-facing library guide (lib.lavc.edu/ai-students) explains how generative AI works, covers ChatGPT, using AI tools for college, and how to cite AI tools; it notes the library does not endorse specific tools and advises discretion with personal information. Last updated March 24, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- AI as a learning outcome in LAVC Computer Information Systems (CIS). LAVC's Computer Information Systems program lists, among its learning outcomes, that students learn to 'use AI (Artificial intelligence),' configure/manage the cloud, work with big data, and use/manage IT ethically. undated · medium confidence — source
- Continuing-education AI/Data Science courses via LAVC careertraining (ed2go). LAVC's Community Services / Career Training portal offers self-paced noncredit AI continuing-education courses, including 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' and a 'Data Science & Artificial Intelligence' course (Python, machine learning, data analysis, automation, SQL) delivered through the ed2go platform. undated · low confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: LA Valley College
- May 2024 Library Faculty created Guides
- Artificial Intelligence Toolkit for Faculty
- Generative Artificial Intelligence for Students
- ChatGPT on MLA Citation and Paper Formatting Guide (MLA 8th Edition)
- OER: Open Educational Resources
- PD
- 2025 California AI Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Summit, fostering collaboration among faculty, students, and industry professionals.
- Courses
- AI-Related Ed2Go Courses:
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- AI Tools and Platforms: The "Artificial Intelligence Toolkit for Faculty" includes a list of popular AI chatbots and tools, assisting educators in selecting appropriate AI resources for their instructional needs.
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Engaged People
- Academic Senate workgroup explored Canvas AI detection. Per the student newspaper (SAC Media), Academic Senate Co-Chair and political science professor Raul Madrid said an academic senate workgroup recommended exploring Canvas AI-detection software, with the stated goal of helping rather than punishing students; the college was evaluating which software would fit the campus. 2024 · medium confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Mt. San Antonio College/Senate/AS AI Workgroup/Library Faculty Stephanie Duran and Emily Woolery
- May 2023 Academic Senate's AI Workgroup
- “Purpose and Function Statement
- The purpose of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education Workgroup is to review the impacts of AI in the postsecondary classroom and determine a set of best practices for faculty. The workgroup is also charged with providing recommendations and guidance to the Academic Senate to establish a set of priorities on how to both engage with AI and mitigate the negative aspects of it.”
- Membership
- Raul Madrid, Academic Senate Legislative Liaison, Political Science Faculty
- Kelly Rivera, Academic Senate Director, Political Science Faculty
- Sarah Nichols, Academic Senate Secretary, Physics Faculty
- Elizabeth Lobb, Geography Faculty
- Andrea Diem, Philosophy Faculty
- Monika Chavez, Library Faculty
- Sohair Zaki, Computer Information Systems Faculty
- Danielle Silva, Associated Students Senate Representative
- Recommendations
- Create Education Technology Committee
- BP2/AP 42903 should be evaluated for a potential update. This workgroup recommends adopting language that makes it clear that the unethical use of AI is plagiarism. For example, in AP 4290, it is noted that “Cheating includes but is not limited to […] Presenting another person’s work as your own […]” We recommend editing said language to strike the word “person” to implicitly include AI. Alternatively, a new bullet point could be adopted to specifically note that work generated by AI and deployed as one’s own is a form of academic dishonesty.
- Anti-plagiarism technology
- Professional Development
- AI in Student Orientation
- Full dissemination of the workgroup’s guide
- May 2023 AI and Education Guide
- Spring 2024 Library Services: The Mt. SAC Library has been proactive in educating both staff and students about AI through workshops and informational sessions. instagram.com
- Library Guides
- Jan 2024 Choose Privacy Week
- April 2024 Generative AI
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Policies
- AI academic integrity guidance references AP 4290; no institution-wide AI policy. The library's Ethical Considerations page states students 'must consult with your professor or collaborators before using any AI tools' and that 'Mt. SAC currently lacks institution-wide AI guidelines,' so each instructor sets their own rules; it directs students to Administrative Procedure 4290: Student Academic Integrity. Last updated June 8, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Mt. San Antonio College
- None yet found. Appears to rely on student code of conduct via academic honesty.
- May 2023 Academic Senate Artificial intelligence (AI) and Education Workgroup offered Guidelines for Development
- “BP2/AP 42903 should be evaluated for a potential update. This workgroup recommends adopting language that makes it clear that the unethical use of AI is plagiarism. For example, in AP 4290, it is noted that “Cheating includes but is not limited to […] Presenting another person’s work as your own […]” We recommend editing said language to strike the word “person” to implicitly include AI. Alternatively, a new bullet point could be adopted to specifically note that work generated by AI and deployed as one’s own is a form of academic dishonesty.”
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Resources
- 🆕Generative AI & Information Literacy library micro-certificate (Canvas). Mt. SAC librarians created a three-part, self-paced Canvas course series (Generative AI: The Basics; Generative AI and Information Literacy; AI Biases and Ethical Use) covering how generative AI works, its connection to information literacy, AI bias, and ethical/responsible use; completing all three earns a print certificate. Page last updated June 8, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Artificial Intelligence in Business Certificate (CIS). The CIS department offers an Artificial Intelligence for Business Certificate of three courses: CISD 41 Introduction to Data Science, CISB 60 Machine and Deep Learning in Business, and CISB 63 Generative Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, & Natural Language Processing in Business. Contact is Sohair Zaki (szaki5@mtsac.edu). 2025 · high confidence — source
- AS Degree and Certificate in Artificial Intelligence for Business in 2025-26 catalog. The 2025-2026 academic catalog lists both an Associate of Science in Artificial Intelligence for Business (degree code S0844) and an Artificial Intelligence in Business Certificate (code M0671), each with defined overviews and program learning outcomes. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Library Generative AI research guide (updated June 2026). The Mt. SAC Library maintains a Generative AI research guide for students, faculty, and researchers with sections on using AI tools in college, ethical considerations, an AI/information-literacy library certificate, additional resources, and AI & Wellness; the library states it 'does not endorse any specific AI technologies.' Last updated June 8, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Mt. San Antonio College
- PD
- Library Guides
- Jan 2024 Choose Privacy Week
- April 2024 Generative AI
- The AI and Education Guide includes strategies for instructors on how to address AI in their teaching practices, promoting informed and ethical use of AI tools in the classroom.
- AI-Related Courses:
- Mt. SAC offers an "Artificial Intelligence for Business" program, which includes courses like "Machine Learning in Business," "Deep Learning in Business," and "Natural Language Processing in Business."
- AI Tools and Platforms
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Engaged People
- 🆕Faculty Community of Practice and AI speaker series for math faculty. The AI-enhanced calculus project establishes a faculty Community of Practice plus a speaker series and workshops exploring AI-powered teaching strategies, ethical considerations and best practices for integrating AI tools into mathematics instruction. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Writing Center faculty-led training on generative AI / ChatGPT. PCC Writing Center faculty Giselle Miralles and Genesis Montalvo led training for other faculty (starting Fall 2023) on integrating rather than banning ChatGPT, recommending instructors test assignments against ChatGPT, design tasks requiring self-reflection/personal experience, and require students to disclose and revise AI-generated content. Fall 2023 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Pasadena City College/Senate/Mathematics Department
- Academic Senate
- Growing student use of AI has led faculty to work on addressing this
- Math Department
- Pi Day
- Green AI: Making Artificial Intelligence Sustainable
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Policy
Team/Lead: Pasadena City College
- Not yet found. Appear to rely on student conduct code academic honesty.
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- 🆕California Learning Lab AI FAST Challenge grant ($150,000) for AI-enhanced calculus. PCC was awarded a $150,000 grant (announced Nov 13, 2024) under the California Education Learning Lab 2024-25 AI FAST Challenge for 'AI-Enhanced Curriculum: Transforming Calculus and Statistics Education,' integrating MathGPT.ai and ChatGPT into Calculus 1. PIs are Xiaodan Leng (PI), Roger A. Yang and Jay Cho (Co-PIs); partnered with CSU Fullerton over a 12-18 month period. 2024 · high confidence — source
- 🆕NSF HSI grant ($499,867) with Cal State LA for data science/AI math pathways. In October 2025, Cal State LA and PCC announced a ~$499,867 NSF Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant to embed data science, computational thinking and AI into transfer-level math courses, with PCC's Xiaodan Leng as a co-PI. The project funds Python-based curriculum redesign and faculty professional development to strengthen the PCC-to-Cal State LA STEM pathway. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI-integrated Calculus 1 curriculum with MathGPT.ai, ChatGPT and Python. Under the Learning Lab grant, PCC is developing AI-integrated Calculus 1 modules emphasizing inquiry-based learning and Python modeling, with students using MathGPT.ai for skill development and ChatGPT for inquiry-based exploration; impact is assessed via student performance data, faculty feedback and surveys. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Exploring a certificate in Mathematics and Statistics for AI & Machine Learning. As part of its grant-funded math initiatives (supported by the J.W. and Ida Jameson Foundation), PCC is exploring/developing a certificate program in Mathematics and Statistics for AI & Machine Learning and expanding AI-infused calculus, linear algebra and statistics courses; status is exploratory rather than approved. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Non-credit/continuing education AI courses via PCC Extension and ed2go. PCC's continuing-education arm offers introductory AI courses including 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' (online via ed2go) and PCC Extension offerings such as 'AI for Everyday Work' and 'AI for Writing and Editing.' 2025 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Student-run AI Club hosted AI Horizons Convention (April 2026). The Artificial Intelligence (AI/ML) Club at Pasadena City College hosted its AI Horizons Convention on April 23, 2026, a student-organized full-day event of panels and presentations on the future of AI featuring speakers from various industries. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- Library research guide: Using Generative AI (GenAI) for Research. The PCC Library maintains a research guide (last updated January 22, 2025) on using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini for research, covering appropriate vs. inappropriate uses, limitations, hallucinations, privacy risks, and ethics. It states the library does not endorse any GenAI tools and directs students to consult their instructor's AI policy. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Library guidance on citing AI tools (APA/MLA) and academic integrity. The library's 'GenAI & Research' guide instructs students that if instructors permit GenAI, they must document/cite usage (attributing the algorithm's creator, e.g., OpenAI, in APA; citing the tool in MLA) and warns that undisclosed use may constitute cheating or plagiarism under PCC's student conduct code. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Data Science A.S. Degree and Certificate of Achievement. PCC's 2025-2026 catalog lists an 18-unit Data Science Associate in Science degree and Certificate of Achievement covering data management, machine learning and natural language processing, and statistical analysis/visualization, built on courses like Introduction to Data Science (CS 031) and Python/R programming. 2025 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Pasadena City College
- PD
- Pi Day
- Academic Panel - AI and Education: How to Use AI Smartly for Learning
- Build Your Own AI-Powered Project!
- Career and Internships Panel
- The Power of AI: Foundation Models and Their Impact on Science and Engineering
- Green AI: Making Artificial Intelligence Sustainable
- AI, Machine Learning, and Mathematical Science
- Ethical Issues and Challenges of AI
- Courses
- AI Tools for Writing
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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
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Team/Lead: Rio Hondo College
- Articles
- Safeguarding Academic Integrity: Addressing the Challenge and Potential of Artificial Intelligence
- Courses
- Appropriate & Effective Use ed2go.com
- Automation, Robotics, and Mechatronics Program: This program includes coursework that covers AI applications in automation and robotics. riohondo.edu
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Engaged People
- 🆕Standing Instructional Technology & AI Committee. The Academic Senate now has a standing Instructional Technology & AI Committee (chair Gary Huff, vice chair Matthew Kiaman) charged with leadership on the ethical, effective, and innovative use of technology and AI, covering policy/planning, professional development, equity/access, integration, and innovation; it meets monthly with sessions scheduled through Spring 2026 (Mar 11/25, Apr 8, May 13, 2026). 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Institutional AI Workgroup under Technology Planning Committee. Per the Fall 2025 IT Newsletter, SMC established an Institutional AI Workgroup under the Technology Planning Committee to promote AI literacy, develop guidance for responsible/ethical AI use, and create an AI adoption and policy roadmap, coordinating with the Academic Senate's Instructional Technology & AI Committee. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕SOAR Academy AI peer-coaching (SMC + Glendale CC). A Spring 2026 Professional Development Day session, 'Curious, Cautious, or Overwhelmed? Meet the AI Coaches,' featured the SOAR Academy (Strategies for Optimal AI Resilience), described as a joint initiative of Santa Monica College and Glendale Community College offering peer coaching on practical AI use in teaching and course design. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI sessions at FLEX / Professional Development Days. SMC has featured AI in faculty FLEX/Professional Development Day programming: Fall 2025 (Aug 28, 2025) included 'Opportunities for faculty to learn more about AI in teaching and learning' (Lynn Dickinson and Kas Metzler), and Spring 2026 (Mar 17, 2026) included 'Generative AI in California Community Colleges' (Don Daves-Rougeaux, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor) and an AI app security session. 2026 · high confidence — source
- AI Ad Hoc Committee final recommendations (Dec 2024). The Academic Senate's AI ad hoc committee (co-chairs Lynn Dickinson and Kas Metzler) issued 'AI and the Path Forward at Santa Monica College' on Dec 15, 2024, recommending an AI Policy Task Force, an AI Literacy Collaboration, protocols for 'bot students,' integrating AI across all college functions, and positioning SMC as an AI leader; faculty surveys found 94% want AI policies and 87% want AI teaching training. 2024 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Santa Monica College/Senate Professional Ethics & Responsibilities Committee/Artificial Intelligence Committee
- Academic Senate and Professional Development (EpiCenter)
- 2023-24 academic year Artificial Intelligence Committee
- Develop a faculty leadership framework to assist each department/division in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- The committee’s work is in response to the ongoing development of AI and its impact on the working and learning environment.
- The Ad-Hoc AI committee will make recommendations to the Senate for approval through established shared governance processes according to Senate bylaws by the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year or the conclusion of its business and be dissolved at that time.
- AI and SMC: Recommendations from the AI ad hoc committee
- Membership
- Co-Chairs: Lynn Dickinson and Kas Metzler
- Voting members: Gary Huff, Sara Brewer, Angie Misaghi, Alberto Romero
- Interested parties: Keith Graziadei, Matt Larcin
- Recommendations
- “The AI Ad Hoc Committee’s recommendations outline a comprehensive, equity-focused, and collaborative path forward for SMC. By establishing thoughtful policies, fostering AI literacy, addressing challenges like "bot students," and embedding AI into all facets of the college, SMC can lead the way in leveraging AI for transformative impact. We encourage the Academic Senate to endorse these recommendations and begin implementation.”
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Policies
- 🆕Board Policy 3775 / AR 3775 on AI in development. Following direction from Superintendent/President Dr. Kathryn Jeffery, the Institutional AI Workgroup is partnering with the Community College League of California to develop Board Policy (BP) 3775 and Administrative Regulation (AR) 3775 to provide a framework for responsible/ethical AI use; reported as in development in the Fall 2025 IT Newsletter and not yet finalized. 2025 · high confidence — source
- No college-wide AI academic-integrity policy (instructor-set). As of reporting, SMC had no centralized AI policy; individual professors set their own syllabus standards (some banning AI, others embracing it) and used TurnItIn for plagiarism/AI detection, per the student newspaper; subsequent governance work (AI Workgroup, BP/AR 3775) is aimed at establishing institutional policy. 2024 · medium confidence — source
PolicyPeople
Team/Lead: Santa Monica College
- Not yet found. Appear to rely on student conduct code academic honesty.
- June 2023 Professional Ethics & Responsibilities Committee: AI in the Syllabus
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Resources
- 🆕Community College League of California policy partnership. SMC's AI Workgroup partnered with the Community College League of California to assist in developing its AI Board Policy 3775 and Administrative Regulation 3775. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Education 50: Teaching in the Age of AI. SMC created a 3-unit online course, EDUC 50 'Teaching in the Age of AI,' co-taught by Education chair Gary Huff and Media Studies professor Lynn Dickinson (based on Dickinson's book on using ChatGPT as a teaching assistant), preparing educators across disciplines to use AI ethically while preserving academic integrity; initial 45-seat section filled within hours and was doubled to two full sections for Spring 2025. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕IT data-protection guidance on AI tools. The Fall 2025 SMC IT Newsletter (Chief Director of IT Calvin Madlock) frames the department around 'leveraging artificial intelligence to promote responsible and ethical progress' and warns users to never input sensitive information into AI tools because entered data could be retained for model training. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Artificial Intelligence Department Certificate (effective Fall 2026). SMC's Computer Science department certificates page lists an 'Artificial Intelligence (Effective Fall 2026)' department certificate for students in any field interested in AI applications and the ethical considerations of adopting AI and generative AI; detailed catalog requirements were not yet published in the current catalog as of the scan. 2026 · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Corsair A.I. student club. SMC has a student-run Corsair A.I. club that cultivates a community of students interested in AI, offering guest speakers, debates, and workshops on practical AI applications; it meets Tuesdays at 1 p.m. in BUS 263. undated · medium confidence — source
- Credit CS courses in machine learning / data science. The college catalog lists credit Computer Science courses CS 79F 'Machine Learning on AWS' (3 units) and CS 79X 'Data Science on Azure' (3 units) as electives; a separate 'Robotics and Artificial Intelligence' department certificate is listed as temporarily suspended. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Non-credit / workforce AI courses (Career Education). SMC's Career Education / continuing-education arm offers non-credit, online AI workforce programs including 'AI for Business: ChatGPT & Copilot,' a 'Data Science & Artificial Intelligence' course, and an 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Suite' (delivered via ed2go), covering generative AI tools, machine learning, and AI ethics. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Equity-centered AI framing in committee recommendations. SMC's AI ad hoc committee recommendations explicitly center equity, calling for equitable access to AI tools (free/low-cost pro subscriptions, AI-equipped labs/libraries, beginner-friendly and asynchronous training) and an equity-centered approach mitigating bias and ensuring accessibility across all college functions. 2024 · high confidence — source
- Library 'Level Up: AI in Research' workshop. The SMC Library offered a student workshop, 'Level Up: AI in Research,' on generative AI and AI-assisted searching featuring ChatGPT and Keenious; it is now archived with a recorded version available, and the current schedule listed no active AI sessions at scan time. undated · medium confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Santa Monica College
Engaged People
- 🆕AI course taught by award-winning faculty; CSIT chair Anna Chiang. CIS 107 is taught by Professor Bill Williams, a 2024 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Science Spectrum Trailblazer awardee and former aerospace IT director. Anna Chiang, Chair of the Computer Science & Information Technology Department, is the named departmental lead and contact for AI courses. 2026 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: West Los Angeles College/ Library Faculty Ryan Edwards
- Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) Department: Actively involved in AI through curriculum development and course offerings:
- Library Faculty
- Library Guides: Artificial Intelligence
- Workshops: AI tools into research practices.
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Policy
Team/Lead: West Los Angeles College
- Not yet found. Appear to rely on student conduct code academic honesty.
- “Violations of Academic Integrity include, but are not limited to, the following actions: cheating on an exam, plagiarism, working together on an assignment, paper or project when the instructor has specifically stated students should not do so, submitting the same term paper to more than one instructor, or allowing another individual to assume one’s identity for the purpose of enhancing one’s grade.”
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- 🆕New CIS 107: AI Generative Prompt Engineering & Applications (Spring 2026). West launched CIS 107, a fully online course in prompt engineering and AI application development using no-code/free/open-source tools, with the Spring session beginning February 9, 2026. The official PR Office news item (dated Feb 1, 2026) frames it as affordable, accredited AI training accessible via fee waivers and free-tuition programs. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕CIS 107 launch covered by regional press (Argonaut News). The Argonaut (Feb 5, 2026) reported West LA College launched CIS 107: AI Generative Prompt Engineering and Applications, taught by Professor Bill Williams, positioning it as a lower-cost alternative to for-profit AI bootcamps for university-bound students, working professionals, career changers, and entrepreneurs. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕CIS 106: Introduction to the Foundations of AI. Search results attributed to WLAC describe CIS 106 'Introduction to the Foundations of AI' (3 units) as a beginner course requiring no prior programming, using no-code AI tools to cover AI and natural-language-processing concepts plus AI ethics, bias, and societal impact. Course exists per the Computer Science & Applications Division but a primary catalog page could not be directly retrieved (site blocks automated fetch). 2025 · medium confidence — source
- AI & Machine Learning track in Computer Science & Applications Division. The college's Computer Science & Applications Division lists 'AI & Machine Learning' as one of its named program tracks (alongside Data Science & Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, etc.), offering certificate and associate-degree paths. The division page advertises informational sessions running Jan 24-June 6, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Library AI/ChatGPT LibGuide for faculty and students. The WLAC Library maintains an 'Artificial Intelligence' LibGuide (last updated June 25, 2025) covering ChatGPT FAQs, how other colleges address ChatGPT, AI-detection tools (GPTZero, Copyleaks, Originality.ai, Turnitin), sample/revised lesson plans and assignments, sample syllabus statements, and the library's Primo Research Assistant AI tool. The guide notes policy should be set at the faculty/department level and does not publish a college-wide AI policy. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Data Science certificates framed around AI/machine learning. The college's Data Science area-of-study page describes data science as closely related to AI, providing 'the data and foundational techniques, like machine learning, that AI relies on,' and offers a Certificate of Achievement in Data Science Essentials and a Certificate of Achievement in Data Science (including CS 121 Python Programming for Data Science and Machine Learning). 2026 · high confidence — source
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Team/Lead: West Los Angeles College
- AI in Research Workshops: The Library sponsors sessions to help students and staff enhance research quality using AI tools. wlac.edu
- AI LA's IDEAS Program: WLAC promotes participation in this hybrid program, offering online courses, mentorship, and hands-on projects in AI. instagram.com
- AI-Related Courses: WLAC offers a Certificate of Achievement in Data Science Essentials, covering data analysis and foundational AI concepts.