News & Press Coverage

James Frazee, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at San Diego State University, discusses the importance of AI literacy and how to strategically promote it on campus.

As AI becomes part of everyday learning, The Chronicle of Higher Education explores how students are navigating its opportunities and challenges. The report features insights from SDSU CIO James Frazee and Professor David Goldberg on preparing students for an AI-driven future through authentic learning, AI literacy, and the California State University AI Survey and microcredential initiatives.

The California Labor & Workforce Development Agency today announced the launch of the AI-Ready California pilot, a micro-credential program designed to provide universal AI literacy education across the state.  

Ahead of the Curve: What the Nation’s Largest University System Is Learning about AI” offers the key findings of a systemwide AI survey of students, faculty and staff that the CSU conducted in 2025 to understand how they perceive AI, use it, and what they need to engage with it effectively. With nearly 100,000 responses, the survey is the nation’s most comprehensive higher ed AI dataset.

CSU CIOs join an EDUCAUSE webinar to share insights, successes, and challenges in leading large-scale AI adoption and shaping a unified systemwide vision.

SDSU CIO James Frazee joins Voices of Student Success to discuss the Equitable AI Alliance and how SDSU equips students with essential AI skills.

SDSU, an Adobe Creative Campus Innovator, empowers 4,000+ first-year students annually with generative AI and creative tools through Adobe Express in First Year Seminar courses.

Beginning fall 2025, 4,000+ students will study ethical AI and digital storytelling, earn the SDSU AAAI Microcredential, and create projects in Adobe Express in the First-Year Seminar.

The Business-Higher Education Forum adds James Frazee to its AI Collaborative advisory group, drawn from experts from business, higher ed, government, economics, and workforce.

A systemwide strategy is driving innovation, equity and ethical AI adoption across California’s largest four-year public university system.