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AI task forces

Leave the meeting with a decision.

Use the guide to connect research, institutional choices and usable language. Organize the work around decisions that have a clear owner and approval route.

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Campus colleagues working through institutional recommendations.
CoordinationA reviewed recommendation, an accountable next step and a decision summary colleagues can use.Start with the guidance below, then bring the companion document into your next discussion.Get the editable document→

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The work to lead.

Begin with what already exists

Gather relevant institutional policies, system rules, agreements and current uses. Identify what already answers the question before drafting a new rule. Record unresolved conflicts and route them to the people who hold the relevant authority.

Divide the work by decision

Assign each topic a lead and the required contributors. Ask every group for the same concise output: recommendation, supporting reason, alternatives considered, remaining constraints and decision requested. Use the model policy as a shared reference rather than maintaining separate competing drafts.

Test the recommendation in a real situation

Walk through a representative campus case, including an exception or failure. Can someone identify permitted information, responsible owners, required review and a correction route? Revise ambiguous language before sending the recommendation for approval.

A focused first meeting

Make sixty minutes useful.

10 minutes

Agree on the purpose

State the institutional problem and the decision this meeting should advance.

10 minutes

Confirm authority and constraints

Identify the applicable rules, the deciding authority and the people whose review is necessary.

20 minutes

Work through the case

Use one chapter’s campus scenario. Test the recommended position and examine the alternatives.

15 minutes

Form the recommendation

Agree on proposed language, unresolved issues, evidence needed and the decision to request.

5 minutes

Assign the next step

Confirm the owner, approval route, next date and communication responsibilities.

Use one chapter and one decision at a time. Record the recommendation, rationale, unresolved matters, deciding authority and next owner in your institution’s own documents.

Take the next decision.

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