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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 20 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 12 source-verified findings (5 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.

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Engaged People
  • 🆕PEP AI 2025 community AI workshop hosted at Coastline. The STORM Cyber Center at Coastline College (led by Dr. Tobi West) hosted 'Paving Equitable Pathways - Artificial Intelligence Workshops for All' (PEP AI 2025) on October 4, 2025, a free, hands-on AI event with meals provided, extending special invitations to female-identifying community college and high school students from Orange County and Southern California. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕AI/cyber faculty and leadership. Coastline's Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense page names Dr. Tobi West as Technology Department Chair and cybersecurity professor leading the AI/cyber initiatives, and faculty member Aeron Zentner, D.B.A., whose specializations include Data Analytics / Data Science / AI; the AI for Cybersecurity AS was identified there as a Fall 2025 program. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • Faculty Center 'Training Tuesdays' AI sessions. Coastline's Faculty Center hosted hybrid professional-development sessions including 'Artificial Intelligence and Equitable Instruction: Exploring the Intersection Between Teaching and Learning' (Danny Pittaway, Oct 3, 2023) and 'AI and DEI - How to Empower Students with AI and DEI Lens' (Dr. Renah Wolzinger, Oct 17, 2023), with recordings retained in the Faculty Center Canvas shell. Fall 2023 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicySystemsResources
Team/Lead: Coastline College/Senate/Business Dept/English/Humanities/ Danny Pittaway Dr. Renah Wolzinger
  • Fall 2024 Flex Day had workshops on ChatGPT for Students and Instructors Faculty
  • Aug 2024 Business Department
  • Generative AI Framework for Coastline Business Students
  • “Clarification: If you are unsure about the appropriateness of using generative AI for a particular assignment, you are encouraged to seek clarification from your instructors. Your instructors will clarify when and how to use AI for each assignment. For example, your assignment instructions could specify the acceptable degree of use of generative AI tools using the scale shown in Figure 1.”
  • “The framework aims to ensure that you, as a student, leverage these tools effectively while upholding the college’s Academic Honesty policy and other ethical considerations. It is acknowledged that this is a fast-moving and evolving technology that requires continuous learning/study by both students and faculty”
  • Also incorporating AI
  • input for Program Review
  • DEISAA principles in curriculum
  • the Coastline Writing Center, and
  • RSI Requirements.
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Policies
  • Academic Honesty policy names AI tools as misconduct. Coastline's Academic Honesty policy lists as examples of misconduct 'Using AI tools to generate a response, essay, or solution to an assignment without instructor permission' and 'Submitting AI-generated content as one's own original work without acknowledging the source or obtaining instructor consent.' AI use is permitted only with explicit instructor authorization. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Economics Department generative AI guidelines. Coastline's Economics Department acknowledges the increasing significance of generative AI in workplace and classroom and directs students to its 'AI Guidelines - Economics Department' document on the ethical and responsible use of generative AI tools in student submissions. undated · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Coastline College
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Resources
  • 🆕AI for Cybersecurity, Associate of Science degree (launched Fall 2025). Coastline's AS in AI for Cybersecurity (31 major units of a 60-unit degree) was slated to begin Fall 2025. Required courses include Foundations of Data Science and AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Applications in Cybersecurity (SecAI+), and Ethical Hacking & AI-Driven Penetration Testing; outcomes cover AI-powered threat detection and the ethical/legal considerations of AI in cybersecurity. Fall 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕NSA validation of AI for Cybersecurity program through 2030. On September 16, 2025, Coastline's AS in AI for Cybersecurity earned official NSA validation through academic year 2030; the college states it is the first community college in the nation with an NSA-validated CyberAI Program of Study. The program trains students in AI applications, data analysis, and advanced cyber defense. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Bachelor of Science in AI for Cyber Operations (provisional approval Oct 2025). Coastline received provisional approval on October 2, 2025 from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office for a Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Operations, focused on applying AI to threat detection and cyber defense; as of March 2026 it had cleared state review and ACCJC accreditation approval and entered intersegmental consultation. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Artificial Intelligence, Associate of Science degree. Coastline offers an AS in Artificial Intelligence (31-32 major units within 60 total) covering machine learning, data science, neural networks, and AI ethics; a learning outcome requires students to identify and discuss ethical issues in AI including privacy, bias, transparency, and societal impacts on diverse communities. Core courses include ICS C165 Foundations of Data Science and AI and ICS C265 Artificial Intelligence. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Certificates of Achievement. Coastline's program catalog lists credit Certificates of Achievement in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and AI for Cybersecurity, alongside the corresponding Associate of Science degrees. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • ICS course catalog includes AI, data science, and machine learning courses. Coastline's Information Computer Sciences (ICS) course list includes ICS C165 Foundations of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, ICS C265 Artificial Intelligence (covering AI concepts, machine learning, neural networks, and real-world applications), and ICS C290 Data Science and Machine Learning. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Equity framing in AI workshops and instruction. Coastline frames AI through an equity lens, including the PEP AI 2025 'Paving Equitable Pathways' workshops targeting underrepresented (female-identifying) students and a faculty session on 'Artificial Intelligence and Equitable Instruction,' connecting AI adoption to DEI and equitable teaching. 2025 · medium confidence — source
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Team/Lead: Coastline College
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