The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 13 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 3 source-verified findings (2 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
Central Valley / Mother Lode
filter to regionEngaged People
- 🆕"AI in Action" generative-AI workforce training (Training Resource Center). The COS Training Resource Center offers "AI in Action," a four-module hands-on course on generative AI tools for business productivity, customer experience/marketing, data-driven decision-making, and AI-powered data visualization; a 2026 session runs Oct 7-28, 2026 (Wednesdays, 10am-12pm), $225 (or $30 with ETP funding), instructor John Holling. Most companies qualify for ETP funding. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI in Action listed among current Training Resource Center offerings. The COS Training Resource Center homepage lists "AI in Action" among its current open-enrollment courses, with a participant review noting it gave "great exposure to various AI platforms" and "good tips on prompts to get better results." 2026 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicyResourcesSystems
Team/Lead: College of the Sequoias/Senate, DE, ETC, District Senate/Elise Baker/Distance Education Coordinator/ Katie Beberian/English Faculty
- Distance Education Committee, Educational Technology Committee, Academic Senate, District Governance Senate
- Distance Education Coordinator began offering workshops on drafting syllabus policies on AI use and detection, curated a resource kit for the public website, and offered training on the Turnitin AI detector.
- The Educational Tech Committee began working when the Academic Senate asked them to create a policy on district-wide AI use, including policies that extend to administration.
- May 2024 Statement from the Educational Technology Committee on AI policies in your classes
- The Educational Tech Committee declined, saying it was outside of their purview.
- Academic Senate and District Governance Senate are forming a joint task for to create broad parameters for appropriate AI use in the District.
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Policies
PolicyPeople
Team/Lead: College of the Sequoias
- Statement of Educational Technology Committee on AI policies in your classes
- The College of the Sequoias’ Board Policy 5500: Standards of Conduct, #13 states: “Cheating, plagiarism (including plagiarism in a student publication), or engaging in other academic dishonesty. Plagiarism means presenting other people’s words or ideas as one’s own. It may include, but is not limited to, submitting material taken from the web or elsewhere as original work; failing to provide complete citations and references for all work that draws on the ideas, words, or work of others; or failing to identify the contributors to work done in collaboration.”
- With the increasing use and access to generative AI tools, both in classes, work, and private lives, some faculty have asked for guidance on how to respond to this new technology, and if the college needs a new policy. It is the opinion of the Ed Tech Committee that our Board Policy already addresses this new technology in BP5500.
- Example of Nursing Program Approach
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Resources
- Computer Science offerings include Python and MATLAB but no dedicated AI/ML course. The 2026-2027 catalog Computer Science (CSCI) listings include programming, computer architecture, discrete structures, MATLAB (CSCI 020) and Python (CSCI 030), but no course descriptions explicitly focused on artificial intelligence or machine learning. 2026 · medium confidence — source
Resources
Team/Lead: College of the Sequoias