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Preparing Higher Education for an AI-Enhanced Future

30-Minute Session

Ethical AI as Civic Practice: CSU’s System-wide Innovation to Prepare Students for an AI-Enhanced Future

Thursday, January 22, 2026
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: Capitol - Level M4

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Leslie Kennedy

    Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Technology Services
    California State University System Office, United States

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    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • Emily Magruder

    Director, Innovative Teaching and Future Faculty Development
    California State University System Office
    Long Beach, California, United States

Amid rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI), the Education Innovation Challenge of California State University (CSU) empowers faculty and students to engage AI ethically, creatively, and civically. This faculty panel will feature CSU-led projects that are preparing students to navigate AI with agency—enhancing equity, democratic learning, and belonging. CSU’s systemwide approach highlights strategies for embedding responsible AI practices across disciplines while focusing on values-driven, community-rooted innovation.