Education, Curriculum, Workforce Readiness, Accessibility, and Inclusivity Working Group

Chair

Jackie Bach, Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Support Services

Purpose

The Working Group on Education, Curriculum, Workforce Readiness, Accessibility, and Inclusivity is tasked with guiding the university's strategic direction in integrating AI into education, curriculum development, workforce preparation, and ensuring accessibility and inclusivity. This working group will emphasize curricular development, educational uses and guidelines for AI, ethical considerations, and unbiased AI applications.  The efforts of this working group are essential to the university's mission to provide cutting-edge AI education, prepare students for the future workforce, and ensure accessibility and inclusivity. By fostering ethical considerations and responsible use of AI, the working group will contribute to the university's reputation as a leader in AI education and community engagement.

Responsibilities

1. Recommend AI Education Strategies: Create and integrate AI for student success into curricula, advising and AI-focused programs.
2. Recommend faculty training in AI and in aligning educational offerings with industry needs.
3. Promote Workforce Readiness: Recommend how to prepare students for AI careers through mentorships, internships, and real-world projects. Recommend how to foster collaboration with industry to ensure alignment between education and workforce requirements.
4. Promote Accessibility and Inclusivity: Recommend strategies to use AI to enhance accessibility for all students, including those with disabilities and to ensure that AI technologies are inclusive and do not exacerbate existing inequalities.
5. Recommend Ethical Considerations that emphasize responsible innovation and real-world ethical considerations in courses, educational projects and programs.
6. Recommend how LSU should review and assess the progress of AI in education, workforce readiness, and inclusivity initiatives and how progress or issues should be reported to university leadership, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommendations.

Members