The Environmental Scan, made filterable
Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 22 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 7 source-verified findings (2 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.
Los Angeles
filter to regionEngaged People
- 🆕LARC A.I. Learning Library / A.I. Taskforce membership. LACC is one of the 'LA-19' community colleges in the Los Angeles Regional Consortium, whose A.I. Learning Library and A.I. Taskforce offer free AI professional development sessions (beginner to sector-specific), 25+ recorded trainings, and a 2025 Foundation & Impact Report. Partners cited include Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, Apple, KPMG and the Broad Foundation. 2025 · medium confidence — source
- AI addressed as a strategic priority in Academic Plan 2024-2030; references an 'AI taskforce'. LACC's Academic Plan 2024-2030 (approved by Academic Senate Oct 3, 2024) devotes a Technological Factors chapter to AI/generative AI, aligns the plan to Vision 2030's 'Generative AI and the Future of Learning' direction, recommends integrating AI-focused courses across disciplines, and notes a faculty member 'has volunteered to work on the AI taskforce' (in the Child Development/FCS department narrative). 2024 · high confidence — source
PeoplePolicyResources
Team/Lead: LA City College/Library Faculty/Online Education Committee (OEC)/Computer Tech Dept Faculty
- Dec 2023 Library Guide
- AI Tools and You
- May 2024 OER Handbook
- “Online Education strives to support faculty as they navigate issues with generative AI (GenAI) in their online teaching. The local OE office, in collaboration with the District Distance Education Committee, will offer periodic workshops that deal with the issues of GenAI in the classroom and disseminate useful information and best practices in the lead up to each semester. Furthermore, the LACCD supports tools for AI detection and will continually update these tools in accordance with district policy. The OE Office strongly suggests that faculty members include language in their syllabi that outlines the policy for AI usage in their classes.”
- Summer 2024 Syllabus Examples with draft language
- CHICANO 007 - THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES I
- Spring 2025 Syllabus Examples with draft language
- ADDICST 086 - ADVANCED FIELD WORK PRACTICUM (III)
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- https://lacitycollege.simplesyllabus.com/api2/doc-pdf/qpq9n7onw/Summer-2024-CHICANO-007-C01-.pdf fetched
- https://lacitycollege.simplesyllabus.com/api2/doc-pdf/mox7h5kpd/Spring-2025-ADDICST-086-C01-.pdf fetched
- https://lacitycollege.libguides.com/AI fetched
- https://www.lacc.edu/sites/lacc.edu/files/2025-01/OE%20Handbook%20for%20FA%202024%20%28FINAL-%20PDF%29.pdf fetched
Policies
- Faculty guidance on responsible AI use and academic integrity (Academic Plan). The Academic Plan states that as generative AI becomes more prevalent, LACC faculty have been balancing technological advancement with maintaining academic integrity, with 'efforts to guide students on responsible AI use, proper citation, and originality.' Multiple departments (e.g., Cinema/TV) describe teaching ethical AI use while discouraging over-reliance on AI for creative work. Note: the catalog's formal Academic Integrity policy does not name AI specifically. 2024 · high confidence — source
PolicySystemsResources
Team/Lead: LA City College
- Not yet found. Appears to rely on the student code of conduct academic honesty policy, professor by professor
- May 2024 OER Handbook
- “Online Education strives to support faculty as they navigate issues with generative AI (GenAI) in their online teaching. The local OE office, in collaboration with the District Distance Education Committee, will offer periodic workshops that deal with the issues of GenAI in the classroom and disseminate useful information and best practices in the lead up to each semester.
- Furthermore, the LACCD supports tools for AI detection and will continually update these tools in accordance with district policy.
- The OE Office strongly suggests that faculty members include language in their syllabi that outlines the policy for AI usage in their classes.”
- Spring 2025 Sample Syllabus language
- “Artificial Intelligence Policy:
- Students are not permitted to utilize artificial intelligence or grammar changing software to complete assignments. This includes (but not limited) to the following programs: Grammarly, Wordtune, Quillbot, ProWritingAid, etc.
- All assignments are run through two different AI detection software programs.”
Resources
- 🆕LARC AI Literacy & Innovation Project ($1.595M regional grant, includes LACC). A 2025-2026 Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC) project, led by Long Beach City College and funded at $1,595,000, lists Los Angeles City College among the participating colleges. It funds faculty professional development, AI curriculum integration, responsible-use instruction, and a sustainable regional professional learning network across all 19 LA-area community colleges. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Machine Learning Certificate of Achievement. The official 2025-2026 LACC College Catalog lists an 18-unit Machine Learning Certificate of Achievement (State Code 42224) covering AI/ML concepts, the four ML models (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement, GAN), Python (Scikit, TensorFlow) and AWS services (Rekognition, SageMaker, Deep Racer), preparing students for the AWS Machine Learning specialty certification and roles such as Machine Learning Engineer and Data Scientist. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Machine Learning / AI courses in Computer Science catalog. The 2025-26 catalog includes credit courses supporting the ML certificate, including CS 166 Machine Learning Programming and Applications (CSU/UC transferable; covers supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement and GAN models and explainable predictions), CS 121 Python Programming for Data Science & Machine Learning, and CIS 192/194 AWS cloud computing courses. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Continuing-education AI courses via ed2go (Intro to AI; Data Science & AI). LACC's branded ed2go online/continuing-education catalog offers non-credit AI courses, including 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' (chatbots, recommendation engines, business analytics) and a 'Data Science and Artificial Intelligence' career-training program. 2025 · medium confidence — source
Resources
Team/Lead: LA City College
- AI-Related Courses:
- Course development Computer Technology Department: Machine Learning Certificate of Achievement programmap.lacitycollege.edu
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" course aimed at providing foundational knowledge of AI, covering topics like machine learning, neural networks, and natural language processing. ed2go.com
- PD Resources
- AI Literacy Guide
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- https://www.ed2go.com/lacc/online-courses/introduction-to-artificial-intelligence/ fetched
- https://lacitycollege.libguides.com/AI?utm_source=chatgpt.com fetched
- https://programmap.lacitycollege.edu/academics/interest-clusters/51c3d91b-f44a-4091-ba30-5bfda01c5530/programs/143e2291-b33c-6fff-1660-25991d251d2b?utm_source=chatgpt.com blocked