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    Teaching with AI in Rural Community Colleges, College of the Siskiyous AI-FAST Initiative, 2025–2026

    Sources are listed in the order the supporting claims appear in the guide.

    Rural Context and the Workforce Mission

    Robertson-Hardy, Bonita, and Josh Wyner. “Opinion: Rural Community Colleges Are Uniquely Positioned to Address Complex Regional Challenges and Drive Community Transformation.” The Hechinger Report, September 24, 2025. https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-rural-community-colleges-are-uniquely-positioned-to-tackle-complex-regional-challenges-and-drive-community-transformation/.

    Acton, Riley K., Kalena Cortes, Lois Miller, and Camila Morales. “Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Students’ Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status.” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 33337, January 2025. https://doi.org/10.3386/w33337.

    Jobs for the Future. “Power Your Workforce.” Accessed June 2026. https://www.jff.org/idea/power-your-workforce/.

    Advance CTE. Shifting the Skills Conversation: Employer Attitudes and Outcomes of Career Technical Education. 2023. https://careertech.org/resource/shifting-the-skills-conversation-employer-attitudes-and-outcomes-of-career-technical-education/.

    Gose, Ben. “Rural America Is Struggling. Where’s Philanthropy?” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, September 10, 2024. https://www.philanthropy.com/news/rural-america-is-struggling-wheres-philanthropy/.

    Around-the-Clock Tutoring and Academic Support

    California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and Nectir. “California Community Colleges & Nectir Announce Pilot Expansion to Bring Educational AI Assistants to 2.1 Million Students.” October 6, 2025. https://www.nectir.io/blog/california-community-colleges-nectir-announce-pilot-expansion-to-bring-educational-ai-assistants-to-2-1-million-students.

    Cano, Ryan. “Exclusive: California Community Colleges Launch Free AI Tutors with Nectir.” Axios San Francisco, October 6, 2025. https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/10/06/california-community-colleges-ai-nectir-tutors.

    “Pioneering AI in Education: California Community Colleges Launch Groundbreaking Pilot with Nectir AI.” Nectir, 2024. https://www.nectir.io/blog/pioneering-ai-in-education-california-community-colleges-launch-groundbreaking-pilot-with-nectir-ai.

    University of Hawaiʻi System. “Friendly AI Chatbots Guide Students, Boost Engagement, Provide Support.” September 2, 2025. https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/09/02/friendly-ai-chatbots-support-students/.

    University of Hawaiʻi System. “ʻThanks dawg’: How UH’s AI Chatbots Are Transforming Student Support.” January 11, 2026. https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/01/11/uh-ai-chatbots-transforming-student-support/.

    Student Support Services and Financial Aid

    Element451. “How AI Can Simplify the FAFSA 2025-2026 Changes.” December 2024. https://element451.com/blog/how-ai-can-simplify-fafsa-changes.

    Virginia Community College System. “Community College Website Users Now Have a Digital Co-Pilot.” May 2024. https://www.vccs.edu/blog/community-college-website-users-now-have-a-digital-co-pilot/.

    Simulations, Clinical Training, and Nursing

    “Enhancing Learning Outcomes Through AI-Driven Simulation in Nursing Education: A Systematic Review.” Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2025. https://www.nursingsimulation.org/article/S1876-1399(25)00114-8/abstract.

    Accessibility

    Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “Speech Accessibility Project Data Leads to Recognition Improvements on Microsoft Azure.” January 31, 2025. https://speechaccessibilityproject.beckman.illinois.edu/article/2025/01/31/speech-accessibility-project-data-leads-to-recognition-improvements-on-microsoft-azure.

    Career-Technical Education Programs

    Southwest Wisconsin Technical College agriculture curriculum overhaul (drones and GPS-guided equipment): see the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program’s 2025 Aspen Prize materials, which name Southwest Wisconsin Technical College as the 2025 Aspen Prize winner. Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, https://highered.aspeninstitute.org/press-releases/southwest-wisconsin-technical-college-named-winner-1-million-2025-aspen-prize.

    Policy, Pedagogy, and the Four-Level Scale

    Perkins, Mike, Leon Furze, Jasper Roe, and Jason MacVaugh. “The Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS): A Framework for Ethical Integration of Generative AI in Educational Assessment.” Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 21, no. 6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.53761/q3azde36.

    Mills, Anna. “AI Text Generators: Sources to Stimulate Discussion Among Teachers” and related AI and writing pedagogy resources. WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/repository/collections/ai-text-generators-and-teaching-writing-starting-points-for-inquiry/.

    Tools and Platforms Named in the Guide

    PlayLab. https://www.playlab.ai/.

    Diffit. https://www.diffit.me/.

    VRpatients. https://www.vrpatients.com/.

    Autodesk Fusion 360 generative design. https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/.

    Additional Key Resources Listed in the Guide

    Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). AI guidance. https://www.acteonline.org/.

    California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. AI resources. https://www.cccco.edu/.

    Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. Rural college research. https://highered.aspeninstitute.org/.

    Rural Community College Alliance. https://ruralccalliance.org/.

    Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC). https://www.asccc.org/.

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