AI Entry Pathways

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Expanding Access to AI Education

Maricopa Community Colleges is proud to partner with Miami Dade College (MDC) and Houston Community College (HCC) for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Entry Pathways project, which aims to increase high school students’ and adult learners' access to AI degrees at community colleges.

Led by MDC, in collaboration with Maricopa Community Colleges and HCC, the project will establish and strengthen entry pathways into AI education by developing scalable strategies and best practices on how to recruit, retain, complete, and transition students in AI programs.

The three colleges will leverage the industry partners and the outreach of their National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC) to align with the latest trends in AI workforce and to disseminate results to community colleges nationally.

AI Entry Pathways is backed by $2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and STEM Education as part of NSF’s EducateAI initiative.

What We’re Doing



As part of this NSF grant, NAAIC will focus on the following objectives:

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To develop and disseminate an AI Framework for high school students to be adequately engaged and prepared for a two-year AI degree program at a community college

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To develop and implement an AI Teacher Academy to train high school teachers on properly preparing students for educational pathways and careers in AI

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To engage high school students in academic AI-related activities, including camps and dual enrollment courses as an entry pathway to community college AI degree programs

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To implement strategies to support adult learners joining two-year AI programs at community colleges

Led by Experts in AI Education

Antonio Delgado (P.I.)

VP of Innovation and Technology Partnerships
Miami Dade College

Habib Matar (Co-P.I.)

Lead AI Faculty
Maricopa Community Colleges

Samir Saber (Co-P.I.)

Dean, Digital and Information Technology
Houston Community College

Nickolas Dodd (Co-P.I.)

AI Faculty
Maricopa Community Colleges

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Backed by the National Science Foundation

Full support for this work was provided by the NSF under Award No. 2433939. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

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