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Glendale Community College
Region: Los Angeles
At a glance
Glendale Community College has no institutional generative-AI policy as of spring 2024, leaving course-level policies to faculty discretion and relying on existing academic-honesty rules. A cross-divisional team—English, Library, Learning Center, and Computer Science faculty—leads an "Ethical Uses of AI" initiative that includes a comprehensive library guide (updated December 2025), paid faculty workshops, student and faculty panels, and a student AI club. The library formally adopted an AI Philosophy in February 2026 emphasizing ethical use and critical inquiry.
Updated Scan Findings
2 new 🆕· 12 source-verified findings from the updated web scanAI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 3
- 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
AI Policies · 3
- 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
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 6
- 🆕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
Spring 2025 baseline
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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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
AI Policies
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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.”
AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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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
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: Glendale Community Collegeorganization: AI Frontier Explorersorganization: Ethical Uses of AI Organizersorganization: Glendale Community College Library Facultyorganization: Glendale Community College Computer Science/Information Systems Departmentperson: Jennie Quiñónez-Skinnerperson: Sarah Hoodperson: Emilio Guillenperson: Julie Gambergperson: Shant Shahoianperson: Edwin Sookiassianperson: Sarah Elain Eatonpolicy: GCC Student Code of Conduct Academic Honesty Policy
Links & artifacts
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 2
AI Policies · 3
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 2
Contacts at this college
| Name / Role | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
JQ Jennie Aurora Quiñónez-Skinner | jquinonezskinner@glendale.edu | |
JG — | jgamberg@glendale.edu | |
EG — | eguille953@student.glendale.edu | |
TH — | thicalai@glendale.edu | |
ES — | esookiassian@glendale.edu | |
SH — | shants@glendale.edu | |
JQ Jennie Quiñónez-Skinner Outreach and Student Engagement Librarian | (818) 240-5582 | |
SH Sarah Hood Librarian | ||
SE Sarah Elain Eaton Dr. | ||
EG Emilio Guillen Student | (818) 240-1000 | |
JG Julie Gamberg English Faculty | (818) 240-5345 | |
SS Shant Shahoian English, Library, and Learning Center Faculty | (818) 240-5341 | |
ES Edwin Sookiassian Computer Science Faculty | (818) 240-3585 |