{"id":53266,"date":"2026-08-03T09:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=53266"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:41:34","slug":"accs-ai-leadership-spotlighted-by-the-chronicle-of-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/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":"<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<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<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<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<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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/08\/03\/accs-ai-leadership-spotlighted-by-the-chronicle-of-higher-education\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":49542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12,13,15],"tags":[2481,2482,3732],"class_list":["post-53266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-chronicle-of-higher-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53267,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53266\/revisions\/53267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}