California Community Colleges announced a partnership with AI company Nectir to pilot an AI learning assistant for the system’s 2.1 million students across 116 campuses. The phased rollout will make AI study aids and tutoring tools available to students and staff free of charge, according to system officials. College leaders framed the program as an effort to increase access to just-in-time tutoring and AI literacy, while acknowledging concerns about learning loss, academic integrity and data privacy. Implementation will focus on campus opt-ins, faculty oversight and pilot evaluation metrics to measure student outcomes and engagement. The initiative is one of the largest systemwide AI deployments in U.S. higher education and will be watched as a test case for policy, pedagogy and procurement practices across multi-campus systems.