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Emerging Technologies Steering Committee

The Emerging Technologies Steering Committee will serve as the University’s primary deliberative and advisory body for matters related to the implementation, governance, and responsible use of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) across Cal Poly Humboldt. This university committee will work to ensure that the adoption of technology is ethical, transparent, pedagogically sound, operationally secure, and aligned with CSU policy and Cal Poly Humboldt strategic priorities.

As described in the Committee Governance and Oversight Policy, a University Committee must have a broad, cross-divisional remit and support institutional collaboration and decision-making. The Emerging Technologies Steering Committee meets this definition by bringing together faculty, students, staff, and administration to guide a rapidly evolving domain that affects teaching, research, operations, data governance, and student success.

The scope of the Emerging Technologies Steering Committee encompasses campus-wide AI strategy and governance, including but not limited to:

Teaching and Learning
  • Develop and refine responsible guidelines for instructional use.
  • Provide recommendations on academic integrity, assessment frameworks, syllabus language, and accessibility considerations in course design.
Research and Scholarly Use
  • Offer guidance on data use, human subjects considerations, reproducibility, disclosures, and authorship concerns in relation to technologically assisted research.
Operations, Procurement, and Data Governance
  • Review proposed technological tools (e.g. Artificial Intelligence) and services that may affect campus systems, data, accessibility, or risk profiles.
  • Coordinate with ITS and Procurement to ensure due diligence, including privacy, security, accessibility, and contract requirements.
Policy and Ethics
  • Establish campus-wide responsible emerging technology principles aligned with CSU guidance and peer institutions.
  • Consider bias, equity, student protections, and data minimization issues.
Student Experience & Skills
  • Support the development of microcredentials, workshops, learning resources, user guides, and communication resources that prepare students for technologically rich academic and professional contexts.
Transparency and Community Engagement
  • Maintain public-facing communications including membership, agendas, meeting notes, decisions, and a pipeline for tool or pilot requests.
  • Maintain a public-facing university webspace outlining its purpose, membership, and meeting notes. 

Following the Committee Governance and Oversight guidelines on cross-divisional representation and expertise diversity, the Emerging Technologies Steering Committee will include:

Co-Chairs
  • Faculty Co-Chair (voted in by the University Senate).
  • Director, Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) and Academic Technology or designee.
Executive Sponsors (Ex Officio, Non-voting)
  • Provost
  • Chief Information Officer or designee
  • Vice President for Administration & Finance or designee
  • Dean of Students or designee
  • Other senior leaders as appropriate or designee
Voting Members (8-10 members)
  • Faculty (3-4) – Academic faculty at least one per college, Counsellors, and Librarians:  includes adopters, skeptics, assessment experts, and accessibility expertise.
  • Students (2) – Associated Students representative(s) and/or graduate student.
  • Staff/Administrators (3) – CTL, Library, Institutional Research, Accessibility/CDRC, General Counsel/Privacy, Procurement/Risk/InfoSec. Relevant technology subject matter experience recommended.
Standing Workgroups (non-voting chairs sit on Emerging Technologies Steering Committee)
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Research & Scholarly Use
  • Operations, Procurement & Data
  • Policy & Ethics
  • Student Experience & Skills

Workgroups follow the definition of “Working Groups” in the committee policy, functioning as temporary assemblies tasked with research and recommendations that inform committee decision-making.

To be determined.