As Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancements increase and makes it’s way into school classrooms, Delta has yet to create specific campus wide AI policies that bind both students and staff in 2026.
Although the use of AI in classwork is something to be regulated, both students and teachers should be bound by AI policies. During the beginning of every class students are provided a syllabus, which contain rules and regulations about how the specific classroom runs as well as policies of AI. There is nothing that holds teachers accountable for their actions especially when it comes to the use of AI.
“In my opinion, I think when they use AI it lacks a sense of human touch, which makes images in lectures not feel as personal and does not convey a certain effort or passion. There is also always the question of if the AI images or information are actually accurate compared to what a human can capture,” said Nevaeh Chavez, a second year Delta student.
The idea of AI policies at Delta is not new, a Collegian story from early 2025 AI forces teachers to adjust their lesson plans by Zackary Kirk-Newton discusses how Delta has created an AI task force in fall of 2024 that are currently looking into AI but have yet to create AI policies in 2026.
The Digital Education Council, a global organization committed to sustainable AI adoption in higher education and the workforce. DEC conducted a survey from 52 higher education institutions, spanning 28 countries on global AI faculty use in 2025. It was found that 61 percent of faculty have used AI in teaching, with 75 percent of that 61 using it for creating teaching material.
Policies regarding the use of AI in classes are being developed at Delta, but have not yet been adopted.
“So although there aren’t AI policies in place yet, we’re working on drafting and recommending a procedure that would go through the policies and procedures committee here at Delta. So everyone, faculty, staff, administrators, students will get a chance to take a look at the procedure and be able to weigh in on it, make comments on it before it’s potentially adopted,.” said Alex Breitler, Delta College’s director of Marketing and Communications.
Breitler also said that although Delta doesn’t have AI policies at the moment it is investing time in other AI programs. “But I will also say that we are doing other things to address AI in general. We have a professional development center on campus. Where an entire office that is in charge of making sure that employees are getting the training they need whether it’s faculty or staff to be able to do their jobs better ,” Breitler said. ”They’ve been offering a pretty robust series of training on helping employees understand how AI can be used effectively in teaching and just in their sort of their daily work and the tasks that they have. We also have what we call an AI learning lab which introduces folks to some of the AI tools that we’re all becoming more familiar with now like Copilot and ChatGBT”.
AI use in extracurricular material is evident on many bulletin boards on campus, and although it may seem like an easy and quick way to finish work, some students find the end result off-putting rather than encouraging.”
“In my opinion, I think when they use AI it lacks a sense of human touch, which makes images in lectures not feel as personal and does not convey a certain effort or passion. There is also always the question of if the AI images or information are actually accurate compared to what a human can capture,” said Nevaeh Chavez, a second year Delta student.
“It’s taking away opportunities from those who can do art and could get experience and connections. It’s hypocritical when professors get upset that students are using AI, when professors are doing the same thing to create their lectures and grade assignments,” said Marie Fuentes, a second year Delta student.
