The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 16 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.
Los Angeles
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- 🆕Canvas Ignite AI Tools faculty workshop. OLET listed a faculty workshop 'What's New in Canvas: Recent Features and Ignite AI Tools' for February 20, 2026, covering AI tools within the Canvas LMS. 2026 · medium confidence — source
PeopleResources
Team/Lead: Long Beach City College/OLET Online Learning and Ed Tech /Library Faculty Colin Williams
- OLET Online Learning & Ed Tech OER Committee AI Resources for Faculty .pdf)
- Library Guide AI in Research by Colin Williams
- Career Center: The center has integrated AI into its services, offering workshops like "Use AI to Build Your Resume." lbcc.edu
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- https://www.lbcc.edu/workshop/use-ai-artificial-intelligence-build-your-resume?utm_source=chatgpt.com fetched
- https://lbcc.libguides.com/c.php?g=1321843 fetched
- https://lbcc.libguides.com/prf.php?id=5aeeea81-7cdb-11ed-9922-0ad758b798c3 fetched
Policies
- 🆕BP/AP 4910 Generative Artificial Intelligence in Academics. The LBCC Committee on Curriculum & Instruction agenda for April 30, 2025 lists 'E. 1st Reading BP/AP 4910 Generative Artificial Intelligence in Academics' (alongside a 2nd reading of BP/AP 4035 Academic Honesty), creating a dedicated board policy/administrative procedure governing generative AI in academics. 2025 · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: Long Beach City College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on the student code of conduct academic honesty policy, including:
- “Academic Dishonesty….Using online tools or services that are not authorized by the instructor….
- Plagiarism is copying another’s work, and representing it as one’s own. In an academic setting, it most commonly happens in writing assignments in which a student uses a passage out of a published work without attribution. It can take other forms, including, but not limited to, copying parts of a speech or copying a work of art or utilizing solutions found online.”
Resources
- 🆕AS degree: Artificial Intelligence for Digital Transformation. LBCC's catalog has a dedicated 'Artificial Intelligence' subject area offering an Associate in Science in 'Artificial Intelligence for Digital Transformation' (Plan Code 2150). It builds competencies in generative AI, conversational and agentic systems, multimodal integration, and human-AI collaboration, with emphasis on responsible innovation and ethical/human-centered design. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Literacy - Certificate of Accomplishment. AI Literacy Certificate of Accomplishment (Plan Code 4150) introduces foundational AI/Machine Learning concepts for entry-level roles, focusing on non-technical, workforce-ready applications including AI-powered automation, data-driven decision-making, and ethical considerations (data privacy, automation, algorithmic bias) across business, healthcare, and education. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI Literacy - Certificate of Completion (stackable). The catalog's Artificial Intelligence subject area lists an AI Literacy Certificate of Completion alongside the AI Literacy Certificate of Accomplishment and the AS degree, forming a stackable AI credential pathway. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕LBCC leads $1.595M regional AI Literacy & Innovation Project (LARC). Per the Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC), Long Beach City College is the project lead for the 'AI Literacy & Innovation Project' funded at $1,595,000, integrating AI literacy and innovation across education/workforce systems and supporting all 19 LA-region community colleges via professional development, faculty AI-integration training, ethical-use, and curriculum development. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Equity Innovation Grant Round 2 names 'AI Innovation' a priority. LBCC's Equity Innovation Grants Round 2 (funded by a 2021 MacKenzie Scott gift; up to $25,000-$100,000/yr, application deadline Sept 30, 2025, awards anticipated April 2026) names 'AI Innovation' as one of four priority areas, seeking ethical AI uses in teaching, student support, and operations. Overseen by the Office of Innovation / Chief Innovation Officer Shaina Phillips. 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Nectir AI faculty introduction workshop. LBCC's OLET (Online Learning & Educational Technology) team offered an in-person 'Nectir AI Introduction' workshop for faculty/staff on March 17, 2026 (sessions 11am and 1:30pm, LAC L152). Nectir is the AI learning-assistant platform being rolled out free across the California Community Colleges system. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Student AI workshops: NotebookLM for Studying. LBCC's Trades, Technology and Community Learning Campus (TTC) Multidisciplinary Success Center hosted interactive 'AI Workshops' on using NotebookLM for studying on May 20-21 and May 27, 2026 (room EE206), aimed at students/campus community. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI in Logistics workforce course. LBCC offers a fully online Logistics program (two 8-week courses leading to the SCPro Fundamentals Certificate) in which students learn how AI and generative AI are reshaping the movement and delivery of goods; cohorts scheduled May-August 2026, with WIOA funding available. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Statewide CCC Nectir AI learning-assistant rollout includes LBCC. The California Community Colleges system partnered with Nectir to deploy free, 24/7 AI learning assistants to its colleges (announced October 2025), serving ~2.1M students; LBCC, as a CCC member offering Nectir faculty training, participates in this gradual rollout. (System-level partnership; LBCC-specific deployment detail limited.) 2025 · medium confidence — source
- Library research guide: AI in Higher Education / AI in Research. The LBCC Libraries LibGuide on AI in Higher Education / AI in Research (last updated December 1, 2025) covers AI/NLP capabilities and limitations and advocates empowering students through pedagogy rather than banning AI, emphasizing critical thinking, information literacy, scaffolded assignments, ethical practice, and proper citation; it also links AI-detection tools (e.g., Copyleaks). 2025 · high confidence — source
- AI in Healthcare (IDEAS) free virtual program. An earlier offering: a free 12-week self-paced virtual 'IDEAS: AI in Healthcare' program (info session Oct 2023, program start Jan 2024) delivered via the LA Regional Consortium of 19 community colleges, hosted by AI LA and supported by a Google Community Grant. Older context, not a current 2025-26 development. Fall 2023 · medium confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: Long Beach City College
- Library Guide
- AI in Research by Colin Williams
- PD
- OER Committee AI Resources for Faculty .pdf)
- ChatGPT for Higher Education and Professional Development: A Guide to Conversational AI (University of Rhode Island) (Peer-Reviewed)
- This guide will teach you: How ChatGPT can help college students, educators and professionals with writing, communication and learning. How to write effective prompts so ChatGPT can help. Best practices for using ChatGPT in a responsible and ethical manner.
- Courses
- AI Workshops: LBCC's Career Center has conducted workshops, such as "Use AI to Build Your Resume," to educate students on leveraging AI in their career development.
- AI in Healthcare Program: In collaboration with the Los Angeles Regional Consortium and AI LA, LBCC offers the "IDEAS: AI in Healthcare" program, fostering a community focused on AI applications in healthcare.
- AI-Related Courses: LBCC provides programs in Computer Science and Cloud Computing, which cover foundational topics pertinent to AI. lbcc.edu