The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 16 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 6 source-verified findings (5 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
Inland Empire / Desert
filter to regionEngaged People
- 🆕2026 Institutional Learning Outcomes Conference centered on AI. Copper Mountain College made artificial intelligence the theme of its 2026 Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) Conference, 'AI and Community: Co-Creating Our Future,' held May 9, 2026 at the campus Bell Center, signaling institution-wide engagement with AI in education and careers. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Faculty-facing AI keynotes on course design and AI literacy. The 2026 ILO conference featured keynotes aimed at educators, including Cheryl Strauss Einhorn on 'Human First AI Principles' and Ken Shelton on 'Future Ready or Future Reactive? Literacy, Learning, and AI by Design,' addressing how to integrate AI into course design and teaching while preserving human judgment. 2026 · high confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: Copper Mountain College/Senate/Library Faculty Kai Schott
- Academic Senate
- Library Faculty and Staff Kai Schott
- APA Citations Study Guide
- MLA Citations Study Guide
- Plagiarism
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Policies
PolicyResources
Team/Lead: Copper Mountain College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on the student code of conduct academic integrity.
- Library Guide Plagiarism
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Resources
- 🆕Student panel on AI use and academic integrity at CMC. The 2026 ILO conference included a student panel exploring how CMC students use AI in academic and personal life, weighing benefits (efficiency, learning support, access to information) against drawbacks such as overreliance, academic integrity concerns, and misinformation. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕'Spike' campus-wide AI chatbot powered by Ocelot. Copper Mountain College launched 'Spike,' an Ocelot-powered AI chatbot providing students self-service support 24/7/365 across campus including financial aid; Financial Aid Director David Shook praised the rollout, saying 'Ocelot's virtual products are second to none.' undated · medium confidence — source
- 🆕Vendor partnership with Ocelot for AI student-engagement platform. CMC partnered with Ocelot, a higher-ed SaaS provider of multilingual AI chatbots, to deploy its 'Spike' assistant drawing on Ocelot's knowledge base and how-to video library across student-service departments. undated · medium confidence — source
- No AI-dedicated degree or certificate identified. CMC's 2025-26 degrees/certificates list includes Computer Science (AS-T), Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming, and cybersecurity certificates, but no program dedicated to artificial intelligence or machine learning was found. 2025 · medium confidence — source
ResourcesPeople
Team/Lead: Copper Mountain College
- PD
- Library Faculty and Staff Kai Schott
- APA Citations Study Guide
- MLA Citations Study Guide
- Plagiarism
- A faculty member gave a series of workshops on AI. The use of AI in teaching and learning.
- Courses
- AI noted in CIS Courses
- Community ed courses on AI