{"id":52562,"date":"2026-08-03T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=52562"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:42:43","slug":"accs-ai-leadership-spotlighted-by-the-chronicle-of-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2026\/08\/03\/accs-ai-leadership-spotlighted-by-the-chronicle-of-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC&#8217;s AI Leadership Spotlighted by The Chronicle of Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College District (ACC) is earning national recognition for its innovative approach to preparing students to use artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly and effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In The Chronicle of Higher Education&#8217;s examination of how colleges are adapting to AI in the classroom, ACC was highlighted for its student-centered approach to AI education. The article features insights from ACC Professor and AI Strategic Planning Committee Co-Chair Alex Watkins, whose teaching emphasizes ethical AI use, critical thinking, and real-world workforce readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC student Abel Rincon also shared how the course transformed his perspective on AI. It changed from viewing it as a shortcut to understanding it as a collaborative tool that supports deeper thinking and problem-solving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC was featured alongside several leading institutions recognized for developing thoughtful, forward-looking approaches to AI in higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/ci\/students-and-ai-attitudes-concerns-and-what-colleges-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article from The Chronicle of Higher Education below.<\/a> (A free account is required to access the story.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) is earning national recognition for its innovative approach to preparing students to use artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly and effectively. In The Chronicle of Higher Education&#8217;s examination of how colleges are adapting to AI in the classroom, ACC was highlighted for its student-centered approach to AI education. The article features insights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":49668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[890,891,1613],"class_list":["post-52562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-chronicle-of-higher-education","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52563,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52562\/revisions\/52563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}