{"id":176337,"date":"2026-01-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/oregon-tech-board-approves-next-steps-to-launch-future-facing-artificial-intelligence-degree-to-meet-workforce-and-industry-needs\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:00:00","slug":"oregon-tech-board-approves-next-steps-to-launch-future-facing-artificial-intelligence-degree-to-meet-workforce-and-industry-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/oregon-tech-board-approves-next-steps-to-launch-future-facing-artificial-intelligence-degree-to-meet-workforce-and-industry-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Tech Board Approves Next Steps to Launch Future-Facing Artificial Intelligence Degree to Meet Workforce and Industry Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oit.edu\/news\/oregon-tech-board-approves-next-steps-launch-future-facing-artificial-intelligence-degree-meet\">Oregon Tech Board Approves Next Steps to Launch Future-Facing Artificial Intelligence Degree to Meet Workforce and Industry Needs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oit.edu\/news\/oregon-tech-board-approves-next-steps-launch-future-facing-artificial-intelligence-degree-meet\">https:\/\/www.oit.edu\/news\/oregon-tech-board-approves-next-steps-launch-future-facing-artificial-intelligence-degree-meet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-08 07:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.oit.edu\">www.oit.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oregon Tech\u2019s Board of Trustees and Statewide Provosts\u2019 Council have both approved a new Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree program, expected to start in Fall 2026.<\/li>\n<li>The new program will undergo further reviews by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.<\/li>\n<li>Expected to receive Accreditation by ABET after its first graduating cohort.<\/li>\n<li>Program designed with a focus on applied AI education, emphasizing ethical, responsible AI development, and career readiness.<\/li>\n<li>The curriculum will be built through industry partnerships and will focus on practical project-based learning, including applied labs and capstones.<\/li>\n<li>Oregon Tech is collaborating with Google Public Sector to promote research and innovation in AI.<\/li>\n<li>Program development continues while awaiting final approvals, with more details to come as processes conclude.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon Tech Board Approves Next Steps to Launch Future-Facing Artificial Intelligence Degree to Meet Workforce&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-176337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}