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University of Hawai\u02bbi President Wendy Hensel presented a comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) strategy to the Board of Regents<\/a> (BOR) on July 16 at UH M\u0101noa, detailing a bold vision to accelerate AI training and adoption across the university system and serve the needs of Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n Likening the technology to \u201cthe new electricity,\u201d the presentation emphasized the urgency to prepare Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s workforce for a rapidly shifting landscape. Hensel highlighted industry statistics, noting that one-third of entry-level jobs now require AI skills, and 80% of hiring managers consider AI competency a priority when evaluating candidates.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause this is here, it is going to radically transform what we do, and the failure to talk about it as an institution of higher education means that we will constantly be reacting rather than setting the course for our students, our faculty, staff and the state,\u201d said Hensel during her presentation at the BOR meeting.<\/p>\n To meet this demand, the university has adopted a holistic approach to AI that spans governance, curriculum, workforce development, research and operations. A cornerstone of this approach is the newly adopted UH AI Policy, which establishes guidelines for the \u201cresponsible and ethical use of AI technologies,\u201d promoting transparency, accountability and fairness across the university community. To implement this vision, UH has formed a dedicated AI Task Force focused on Hawaiian culture and values, ethics and governance, and curriculum and pedagogy.<\/p>\n More than 100 AI-infused courses<\/p>\n The university currently boasts more than 100 new or AI-infused courses and has launched new AI certificates, concentrations and programs at UH Hilo, UH M\u0101noa, UH Maui College, UH West O\u02bbahu and Honolulu Community College. Furthermore, nearly 100 instructors from across the system have been supported in developing and incorporating AI-related assignments into their classes.<\/p>\n The university is also prioritizing hands-on experiential learning. Initiatives such as EL3vate provide intense faculty professional development to weave AI and design thinking into course curricula, while AI Innovation@RISE offers students systemwide opportunities to work directly with industry partners on real-world tech needs in Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n Beyond the 10 campus system, UH is providing resources to the public. The newly launched \u201cAI for Hawai\u02bbi\u201d<\/a> is a free, open-access, 12-chapter foundational course offering training and applied learning for communities across the islands. UH is collaborating with tech companies such as Google and Microsoft, and is proposed as a regional anchor to adapt AI curriculum co-created with MIT. All of these tools, community practices and resources are centralized on the OneAI Hub website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to happen whether we embrace it or not, and the important thing is that we decide how we deploy it and use it through a position of information and knowledge, and not reacting to the winds of change,\u201d said Hensel during her presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading time: 2 minutes University of Hawai\u02bbi President Wendy Hensel presented a comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) strategy to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,56221,3741,56219,16264,56217,25,29098,1172,56220,3458,132,257,56223,14694,239,258,259,260,320,14987,56222,56224,24577,56218,247,238,254,56216,228,240,227,14685],"class_list":["post-108963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-ai-for-hawaii","tag-ai-strategy","tag-ai-task-forces","tag-air","tag-andrew-ng","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-board-of-regents","tag-educational-technology","tag-el3vate","tag-ethical-ai","tag-google","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-hawaii-workforce","tag-higher-education-ai","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-microsoft","tag-mit","tag-oneai-hub","tag-place-based-ai","tag-rise","tag-uh-ai-policy","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-maui-college","tag-uh-president","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-university-of-hawaii","tag-wendy-hensel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}