Cleveland State University
OH · AI Readiness #226 of 227
AIREDEX™ Score: 2.9 /10
At Cleveland State, the AI Teaching and Learning Lab gives Vikings a walk-in space where trained Digital Learning and AI Tutors help students work through AI tools, instructor AI policies, and ethical AI use, no appointment needed.
Cleveland State's English Department offers ENG 108 AI and Writing, a course that builds ethical reasoning and responsible AI use into writing instruction. Students in computer science and engineering courses can use a GPU computing cluster that CSU acquired through a National Science Foundation grant and opened for free campus use in 2023. A $600,000 Department of Energy grant, Mobilizing the Emerging Diverse AI Talent, funds undergraduate researchers alongside graduate students, with a two-week summer workshop each year.
Pillar grades
- Commitment: F
- Curriculum: D-
- Partnerships: D+
- Research: B
A(I)ttitude™: cautious
Selected Highlights
- President Bloomberg named AI a strategic priority in the October 2025 State of the University address; 'Develop a unified strategy for the use of AI at CSU' is an explicit goal of the Cleveland State United 2025-2030 strategic plan.
- CSU College of Law AI Advisory Council is a functioning college-level AI governance body with practitioner and academic membership, documented publicly.
- Faculty AI Literacy Certificate (asynchronous, Office of Instructional Excellence + Michael Schwartz Library) and AI Teaching and Learning Lab with trained Digital Learning and AI Tutors are active undergraduate-facing programs.
- ENG 108 AI and Writing confirmed as a named undergraduate course (Dr. Melanie Gagich); AI integration documented in Criminology (Prof. Rachel Lovell, Journal of Criminal Justice) and Communication (Profs. Kumar and Perloff).
- ENG 108 AI and Writing has ethical reasoning and responsible AI use as explicit learning outcomes, constituting an embedded AI ethics curriculum unit.