The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 2 entries, 3 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 13 source-verified findings (11 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
Bay Area
filter to regionEngaged People
- 🆕AI Faculty Fellow role created; Chesa Caparas appointed January 2026. De Anza established an AI Faculty Fellow position; Francesca 'Chesa' Caparas became the fellow in January 2026 to lead campuswide AI literacy and explore AI's implications for teaching, learning, equity, privacy, data and environmental impact. She is a former California Learning Lab AI Faculty Innovator in Residence and Fulbright Scholar. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Spring 2026 'AI Literacy in the Disciplines' Community of Practice and AI Fellow office hours. The AI Faculty Fellow runs a Spring 2026 Community of Practice, 'AI Literacy in the Disciplines' (biweekly Thursdays 4/23-6/18, with an end-of-quarter AI Showcase) plus weekly Tuesday AI Fellow drop-in/office hours, listed under Partners in Learning professional development. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Online Education AI workshops for faculty (Spring/Summer 2026). De Anza's Spring Online Education Training Series includes AI-focused faculty workshops: 'Leveraging AI to Create Accessible Course Content' (May 20 and July 1, 2026) and 'Building Rubrics & Feedback the AI Way' (May 27, 2026) on Zoom. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Foothill-De Anza District AI Working Group (subgroup of ETAC). The district's Educational Technology Services hosts an Artificial Intelligence Working Group (a subgroup of the Educational Technology Advisory Committee) of faculty, administrators, technical experts, and students that evaluates AI tools, recommends responsible-use guidelines, contributes to district AI/data-privacy policy, and develops AI workshops/resources; it has published end-user guidance documents. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Academic Senate AI Subcommittee. De Anza's Academic Senate maintains an AI Subcommittee that reports updates to the senate (a posted 'AI Subcommittee Update' document is referenced on the Academic Senate meetings site). 2025 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: FDDistrict/De Anza
- Librarians have created AI guides
- College offers transfer and community ed courses in AI
Policies
- Academic Senate AI academic-integrity policy (adopted March 17, 2025). De Anza's Academic Senate adopted on March 17, 2025 a Use of Artificial Intelligence statement: students must follow any course-specific AI policy, and absent one must use AI consistent with the Foothill-De Anza Standards of Student Conduct so submitted work represents the student's own knowledge and skills; students uncertain about AI use should consult their instructor. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Syllabus guidance encouraging faculty to set course-specific AI policies. The Academic Senate Academic Integrity page directs instructors to clearly communicate course-specific guidelines on AI use and notes faculty 'may consider addressing AI use in their syllabi, assignments and class discussions' to foster transparency and academic integrity. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: FDCCD/DeAnza
- Policy not yet found.
Resources
- 🆕Associate in Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence launching Fall 2026. De Anza is launching what it calls Silicon Valley's first Associate in Science degree in Applied Artificial Intelligence, plus six new AI-focused credentials as a stackable pathway (credit and no-cost noncredit foundational certificates; technical certificates in machine learning, deep learning, NLP, prompt engineering, and AI agents). Includes UC/CSU-transferable courses with emphasis on responsible/ethical AI. Applications open; registration begins July 27, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Noncredit AI certificates for working professionals (Applying AI at Work; AI in Business). Alongside the AS degree, De Anza is launching noncredit AI programs for the workforce: an 'Applying AI at Work' certificate focused on strategic thinking and workplace AI use, and an 'AI in Business' certificate teaching generative AI tools for marketing, accounting, HR, and analytics. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Academic Senate backs enterprise Google Gemini/NotebookLM access for students (May 2026). On May 18, 2026 the De Anza Academic Senate passed 21-2 a proposal supporting enterprise-level Google Gemini and NotebookLM access for students, citing the equity gap between students who can afford premium AI and those on free tiers; it advances to senior leadership and does not override instructor classroom AI policies. Some faculty (e.g., Sherwin Mendoza, Yuri Chang) raised ethics, surveillance, and Big Tech dependence concerns. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Participation in California Community Colleges-Google AI partnership. Via the California Community Colleges-Google AI partnership, De Anza is providing free AI training, Google Career Certificates, and Google AI tools (Gemini for Education and NotebookLM) to faculty and classified staff; the president's board report frames this as a workforce-development investment positioning colleges for the AI-driven economy. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Robert DeHart Library adds four free AI-powered research tools. Presented at the May 4, 2026 Academic Senate meeting, the library's redesigned database page now surfaces four free AI research tools included in existing contracts: JSTOR Research Assistant, ProQuest Research Assistant, EBSCOhost Natural Language Search & AI Insights, and OneSearch Research Assistant; the library also offers requestable AI literacy presentations. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Foothill-De Anza 'Generative AI Literacy' library guide. The Foothill-De Anza library system provides a beginner 'Generative AI Literacy' LibGuide covering what GenAI is, effective prompts, ethics, environmental impacts, fact-checking, and citing AI; it advises checking the instructor's syllabus AI policy first and lists common tools (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) while stating the library does not promote any specific tool. 2026 · high confidence — source