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Hartnell College
Region: Bay Area
At a glance
Hartnell has established a three-body governance structure coordinating campus AI strategy: a Tech Council AI Workgroup developing policies and readiness assessments, an Academic Senate workgroup addressing academic integrity, and an open Community of Practice offering monthly tool demos and pilot projects led by cpham@hartnell.edu. The college frames its work around equity, transparency, and student success, moving from early 2024 discussions and library citation guides toward a phased integration plan.
Updated Scan Findings
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- 🆕AI Workgroup / Tech Council coordinating campus AI strategy. Hartnell established an AI Workgroup (Tech Council) whose stated purpose is 'to establish a coordinated, inclusive, and proactive framework for AI integration' aligned with institutional values and student success; objectives include evaluating institutional readiness, establishing foundational principles, identifying AI applications, and recommending institutional policies via a phased plan (Foundations, Integration, Institutionalization). 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Three-body campus AI governance structure incl. Academic Senate workgroup. Hartnell's dedicated 'AI at Hartnell' hub describes a coordinated, campus-wide effort with three bodies: a Tech Council AI Workgroup ('coordinates strategy, policies, and implementation'), an Academic Senate Workgroup (academic integrity and ethical alignment), and a Community of Practice ('an open forum to explore, collaborate, and lead'). 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Community of Practice with monthly meetups and tool demos. An AI Community of Practice open to all faculty, staff, students, and administrators ('no tech background needed') offers monthly meetups, hands-on AI tool demonstrations, collaborative pilot projects, and policy-input forums; goals include fostering campus-wide AI literacy and promoting ethical/responsible AI use. Contact listed as cpham@hartnell.edu. 2025 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4
- 🆕AI workgroup goals include readiness assessment and data-readiness rubric. The AI Workgroup lists operational goals to complete district-wide readiness assessments, develop AI/GenAI terminology and definitions, create a data-readiness rubric for AI applications, and recommend institutional policies, positioning AI for both education and institutional operations. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕'AI News in Higher Education' resource page. The Community of Practice maintains an 'AI News in Higher Education' page covering AI applications across teaching, administration, and student success; it references statewide California community college initiatives and links an Aug. 7, 2025 item, 'Governor Newsom partners with leading AI companies to prepare for an AI-ready future.' 2025 · medium confidence — source
- Ethical, inclusive, equity-centered AI framing. Hartnell frames its AI work around being 'ethical, inclusive, and aligned with our mission of student success,' with guiding principles citing commitments to equity, transparency, and privacy and a vision to foster a culture where AI supports 'creativity, equity, and continuous improvement' and amplifies rather than replaces human contributions. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Motimatic GuidePosts engagement platform for retention. Through a Spring 2023 partnership (via the Foundation for California Community Colleges) Hartnell deployed Motimatic's behavioral-science 'GuidePosts' personalized social-media messaging, credited with a 5% retention increase from Fall 2022 to Fall 2023; quoted by AVP Gayle Pitman. Note: predates the early-2025 baseline. 2023 · medium confidence — source
Spring 2025 baseline
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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Team/Lead: Hartnell/Senate/Augustine Nevarez & Dean Marianne Fontes
- March 2024 Student use of AI in learning emerges for discussion in governance
- Using existing academic integrity policy
- English department working on course syllabus language
- Student affairs encouraging uniform approach
- Concern about academic freedom curtailed by uniform approach
- Request for AI PD at spring 2025 flex
- Strong concern about AI and equity
- Need for Canvas to ensure students cite right
AI Policies
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Team/Lead: Hartnell
- Professor to professor per library guide, included in Academic Dishonesty broadly: As with all sources, students should be transparent about their use of AI tools for research and writing assignments. Presenting work and ideas that are not your own is considered a violation of Gavilan College's academic dishonesty policy.
- When in doubt, please ask your instructor about whether you are permitted to use AI tools such as chatGPT for assignments.
AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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Team/Lead: Hartnell
- APA Citations for Content Generated by AI Tools, Library Guide
- Guidance on how to cite the academic use of AI tools is changing rapidly. Hartnell College librarians will update this document as needed. The latest version will be available at the Library and on the Library website at www.hartnell.edu/library/how-cite-information.html. Have questions? Ask a librarian for help.
- MLA Citations for Content Generated by AI Tools, Library Guide
- Hartnell had participating representation in PlayLab in November Inaugural cohort with UC Berkeley
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: Hartnellorganization: Hartnell College Academic Senateorganization: Hartnell College English Departmentorganization: Hartnell College Student Affairsorganization: Hartnell College Libraryperson: Augustine Nevarezperson: Marianne Fontespolicy: Gavilan College Academic Dishonesty Policy
Links & artifacts
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AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 2
Contacts at this college
| Name / Role | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
AN Augustine Nevarez Senate Lead | anevarez@hartnell.edu | (831) 755-6825 |
MF Marianne Fontes Dean | mfontes@hartnell.edu | (831) 755-6827 |