In December 2024, San Diego State University, UC San Diego, and San Diego Community College District announced they had been awarded an Equitable AI Alliance grant.
Grant funding will support collaboration on a mission to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) gaps across regional campus networks.
The alliance was one of five projects that received AI Grand Challenge grants from the Learning Lab, joining other missions involving California State University (CSU), University of California (UC), and California Community College (CCC) institutions.
According to the Learning Lab, these projects will reach approximately 146,850 students and engage 13,579 faculty and instructors across California.
The alliance will allow them to pool resources to help students achieve the skills needed for an “AI-driven world.”
The Equitable AI Alliance was launched in 2024 as a way for SDSU and its partners to pool their AI resources. and promote responsible AI use on campus.
In the fall of 2023, SDSU launched its inaugural AI student survey, gathering data about the needs and tendencies related to students’ AI use.
Following a second survey, nearly 18,000 students were surveyed, and the two surveys are believed to be the largest ever done on AI in higher education.
The alliance will ensure equal access to new and existing AI tools for SDSU, UC San Diego, and SDCCD community members, like UC San Diego’s TritonGPT, a generative AI-powered information assistant or chatbot, an alternative to other commercially available tools.
The funding will assist SDSU and SDCCD in establishing their companion chatbots.
In February, the UC San Diego Rady School of Management hosted Hire San Diego, a career fair in collaboration with the Knauss School of Business at USD and San Diego State University Fowler College of Business.
More than 200 Rady graduate students and 30+ companies from various industries were in attendance.
In 2023, the University of California – San Diego’s Rady School Career Management Center announced that it is developing artificial intelligence (AI) resources to assist graduate business school students in its practical, safe, and ethical application during college recruiting.
Toni Rhorer, the executive director of the Rady School Career Management Center, emphasized the importance of career offices having at least a basic understanding of AI, including its usage and implications.
According to Rhorer, as students are increasingly utilizing GenAI, the center’s role is to help them leverage this technology to save time on routine tasks—like preparing resumes and cover letters—allowing them to focus on more significant career activities, such as decision-making, goal-setting, storytelling, and networking.
However, informing students about the potential pitfalls of using—or overusing—AI in their job applications is equally important.
Rhorer noted that recruiters have discussed how employers might discern whether applications are generated solely by AI and how this could affect students’ job prospects.
Career coaches occasionally use ChatGPT in coaching sessions with students.
For instance, if a student is exploring career paths, a coach might demonstrate how to use ChatGPT to gather information about specific job roles.
Similarly, if a student struggles to write a cover letter, the coach might guide them in formulating a prompt to help kickstart the process.
After attending numerous webinars, conferences, and meetings on AI, Rhorer encouraged her staff to take advantage of these learning opportunities and subsequently established an AI task force.
This group aims to conduct a deeper analysis of AI and share valuable insights with the team.
The Rady Career Management Center recognizes the potential of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, as a useful supplementary tool for students’ career development while stressing that personalized guidance, real-world insights, and comprehensive career planning remain essential—making student engagement with career centers vital for tailored career growth.
Furthermore, the Master of Science in Business Analytics program at Rady has incorporated AI throughout its entire curriculum, and all students are provided access to the advanced version of ChatGPT.
Gartner, a management consulting company, recently released a report on the role of AI in human resources (HR).
The report highlights how generative AI (GenAI) can enhance efficiency, innovation, and employee engagement, particularly for chief human resource officers and HR leaders.
The number of HR professionals piloting and planning GenAI implementations has significantly increased, doubling from June 2023 to January 2024. This surge indicates a growing awareness of GenAI’s potential to transform HR processes.
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