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Columbia College
Region: Central Valley / Mother Lode
At a glance
Columbia College has embedded generative AI expectations into its academic integrity policy (2025–2026 catalog), delegating course-level permissions to individual instructors via syllabus statements. Librarian Brian Greene maintains a comprehensive AI in Education research guide covering prompts, ethics, citation, and copyright, adapted from Georgetown University. Early faculty development included a Fall 2022 in-service co-led by computer science and English faculty on AI writing tools and assessment.
Updated Scan Findings
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- 🆕President's office positions college on AI. The Office of the President page (Interim President Dr. Chad Redwing) states Columbia College is 'At the forefront of shaping California's conversations on Artificial Intelligence, driving innovation that empowers students and communities alike,' though no specific AI initiative, partnership, or governance body is detailed on the page. undated · medium confidence — source
- Faculty in-service co-presentation on AI writing tools (2022). An Academic Senate report to the Board of Trustees notes a professional development / in-service day co-presentation by computer science faculty Joe Manlove and English faculty Kim Pippa-Tonneson on how students might use AI writing programs to submit work, how this changes education, and how to assess critical thinking and formal writing. Fall 2022 · high confidence — source
AI Policies · 2
- Generative AI clause in academic integrity policy (2025-2026 catalog). The 2025-2026 course catalog states permitted use of generative AI varies by course; students must review each syllabus, should acknowledge/cite AI use and disclose when in doubt, and absent instructor permission AI consultation is treated analogously to assistance from another person and may be an academic integrity violation; using generative AI to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. 2025 · high confidence — source
- Syllabus-level AI expectations directed to students and faculty. Official guidance instructs students that permitted AI use varies by course and to review each course syllabus and/or instructor guidelines, placing responsibility on instructors to define AI rules per course; the same language is surfaced via the catalog academic integrity policy and the library AI guide. 2025 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 2
- 🆕Library 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education' research guide. Columbia College library publishes a multi-tab LibGuide (Home, AI Fundamentals, AI Tools for Research, How to Craft Prompts, Research Resources on AI, Latest Scholarship on AI, Ethics & AI, Citing Generative AI, AI Authorship & Copyright, Campus Policies) authored by librarian Brian Greene, adapted from Georgetown University Library under CC BY-NC 4.0; last updated Feb 10, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Student-facing AI literacy guidance (citing AI, prompts, ethics). The AI in Education guide gives students reminders to 'Check your syllabus or ask your professor before using generative AI tools,' plus dedicated pages on citing generative AI, crafting prompts, AI ethics, and AI/authorship/copyright, referencing tools such as ChatGPT and Elicit. 2026 · high confidence — source
Spring 2025 baseline
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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Team/Lead: Columbia College/Librarian Brian Greene
- The college's Learning Technology & Innovation department is actively exploring AI's role in education.
- Some of our administrators have been to presentations discussing AI and the benefits and challenges in higher education.
- There has been a faculty committee that has also met multiple times to inform others on campus on these same issues around AI.
- We are planning to bring a speaker onto campus in the future.
- Library faculty created library guide Format & Cite: Chat GPT /AI
AI Policies
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Team/Lead: Columbia College
- Code of conduct (academic integrity policy) has been adapted to include AI
- Unauthorized utilization of academic content produced with the aid of generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms is considered a form of academic misconduct, as it involves seeking external assistance without adherence to academic guidelines.
AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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Team/Lead: Columbia College
- Library faculty created library guide Format & Cite: Chat GPT /AI
Entities from the knowledge graph
college: Columbia Collegeorganization: Learning Technology & Innovationorganization: Columbia College Faculty AI Committeeorganization: Columbia College Library Facultyperson: Brian Greenepolicy: Columbia College Code of Conduct
Links & artifacts
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Contacts at this college
| Name / Role | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
BG Brian Greene Librarian | greeneb@yosemite.edu | (209) 588-5179 |