University of San Diego
CA · AI Readiness #139 of 227
AIREDEX™ Score: 6.4 /10
USD gave every undergraduate student free access to both Google Gemini with NotebookLM and Microsoft Copilot as separate campus-wide deployments in 2025, pairing those tools with an AI literacy badge program through the Learning and Development Center.
USD's AI@USD initiative ties these efforts to the Lighting the Way to 2030 strategic plan through a steering committee and three working groups covering teaching, operations, and student experience. Undergrads in law can access Harvey, Westlaw CoCounsel, and LexisNexis Protege, while the Humanities Center's AI and the Human Condition programming extends AI inquiry beyond technical fields.
Pillar grades
- Commitment: C+
- Curriculum: C
- Partnerships: C+
- Research: A+
A(I)ttitude™: progressive
Selected Highlights
- Google Gemini and NotebookLM deployed campus-wide for all students, faculty, and staff (August 2025), plus Microsoft Copilot also confirmed as a separate institution-wide free deployment with USD credential-based data protection.
- AI@USD initiative includes stated goals, governance structure (steering committee plus three named working groups), ethical/responsible AI principles page, and explicit linkage to the Lighting the Way to 2030 strategic plan -- satisfies two or more of the four qualifying criteria.
- AI@USD Steering Committee with three named working groups (Teaching and Learning, Data/Administration/Operations, Student Experience) confirmed with documented mandates and monthly reporting cadence.
- Center for Digital Civil Society (CDCS) confirmed with named director Dr. Ebrahim Tarshizi, active AI research output (cancer diagnostics paper in Journal of Pathology Informatics), and cross-departmental programming with Humanities Center.
- NEH grant ($53,700) confirmed with four named PIs (Vickers, Tillman, Baik, Choi-Fitzpatrick) for active AI ethics and disability research project; NSF Award #2528426 ($720,600, Oct 2025) also confirmed as additional external funding.