FCC Sets AI Guidelines for Faculty, With Student Guidance Still in Development
Frederick Community College puts human oversight, accuracy and disclosure at the center of its approach to artificial intelligence.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
FCC permits AI use subject to oversight, accuracy checks and applicable college policies. Disclosure requirements vary with risk and context. Screening scholarship or employment applicants is among the high-risk examples. Student guidance is still being developed, with broader technology policy updates expected in early 2027.
Frederick Community College has established guidelines for faculty use of artificial intelligence, allowing the technology while requiring people to remain responsible for the work it produces.
The framework emphasizes human oversight, transparency and accountability. Faculty members must check AI-generated material for errors, misinformation and bias before presenting or submitting it. Using an AI tool does not transfer responsibility for the finished work away from the person using it.
The guidelines distinguish routine assistance from uses that can influence decisions about people. Brainstorming ideas and editing material may fall into a lower-risk category, while screening scholarship or employment applicants carries greater obligations.
Under FCC’s published guidance, high-risk uses require permission as well as disclosure and documentation. Lower-risk uses do not generally require disclosure unless an assignment, class or administrative policy says otherwise. Those distinctions mean the expectations depend on both the task and the information involved.
The approach is intended to preserve human judgment and critical thinking as AI becomes part of college work. A generated answer still needs review; a polished response is not, by itself, evidence that the information is correct.
Separate student guidelines remain in development, according to the supplied news summary of The Frederick News-Post’s reporting. The college also expects to incorporate AI expectations into its broader Technology Use Policy and Procedures in early 2027.
WHAT IT MEANS
For the FCC community, the framework makes accountability central to AI use: people remain responsible for reviewing and standing behind their work. Faculty guidance should not be treated as a final answer to what students may do on every assignment while separate student expectations are still being developed.
Original reporting referenced by Everything Frederick:
Frederick Community College — published AI Guidelines, updated Sept. 17, 2026. Additional material supplied in the news summary; original reporting by Sarah Rubinstein, The Frederick News-Post. →Want more Frederick updates like this?
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