How John Carroll University is preparing students, faculty, and our community to engage with AI thoughtfully, ethically, and effectively.
AI has fundamentally changed the landscape of higher education. John Carroll recognizes this not as a passing trend but as a transformation that demands a principled response — one grounded in our Jesuit mission of intellectual rigor, ethical responsibility, and service.
100%
of the John Carroll community has access to AI tools and training
2025
AI minor launched
We are forming critical thinkers and ethical actors: students who understand not just how to use AI, but when and why it matters. We are preparing them for an evolving workforce by embedding AI across the curriculum — in the sciences, humanities, business, and health professions. And we are doing this in a way that reflects Jesuit values: centering human dignity, promoting justice, and engaging the whole person.
AI tools, guidelines, and training are available to all JCU faculty, staff, and students. View AI Guidelines on myJCU →
Our Commitment
AI is transforming how we teach, learn, and work
We recognize that AI has fundamentally changed the most essential tradition in higher education: how we teach. It is not a passing trend. It is making its way into every profession, practice, and student experience. As these technologies become more deeply embedded in our society, our students must not only learn how to use them, but also how to evaluate the choices and engage them in service of the greater good.
We form critical thinkers and ethical actors
Our goal is within a Jesuit context: a prioritization of the whole person. We acknowledge all of those truths: that we must meet students where they are, lead them on a path that embraces a critical search for truth and ethical action, and equip them to find their true purpose in a rapidly changing, interconnected world using just, participatory, and compassionate frameworks.
We prepare students for an AI-enabled workforce
AI literacy is not solely becoming a programmer or building an AI system. Rather, it is the ability to critically integrate insights, make ethical decisions, and collaborate with AI tools in a context of purpose, integrity, and service.
Our approach is rooted in Jesuit values
We affirm our approach to AI is rooted in our Jesuit values: the proposition is engagement with this enterprise and our education and wisdom traditions, grounded in their very dignity and commitment to the common good. As partners in this work, we seek to ensure that AI serves human flourishing.
Voices
Across disciplines, JCU faculty and students are already integrating AI into teaching, research, and professional preparation. Hear how they’re approaching it.
John Carroll’s interdisciplinary AI minor complements any major, equipping students not just to use emerging technology, but to think critically about when and how it should be applied. For JCU junior Luka Pranjeta ’27, that mindset turned into action, inspiring him to launch his own business.
AI is rapidly transforming the health professions—just not in the way you might expect. Hear from Melissa Cole, Dean of John Carroll’s College of Health, on how emerging AI tools are giving caregivers something invaluable: more time to focus on their patients.
Dr. Mark Sheldon is preparing his accounting students for the future of work by bringing AI tools into the classroom and connecting coursework with real-world projects through partnerships with Cleveland businesses. His forward-thinking approach recently earned national recognition with a publication in the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, highlighting the innovative design of his course.
Upcoming
JCU is bringing leading voices in AI ethics, journalism, and public policy to campus — connecting our community with the thinkers shaping how society responds to artificial intelligence.
John P. Slattery, Ph.D.
Ethicist & Author; Contributor to the Vatican’s Encountering Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Technology and Hope — Faithfully Considering AI
Exploring how people of faith, educators, and technologists can navigate AI with moral clarity.
Slattery’s work with the Vatican’s Dicastery on Culture and Education aligns directly with JCU’s Jesuit approach to technology ethics.
Chuck Todd
Former Host, NBC’s Meet the Press
Commencement Address — JCU Class of 2026
Addressing the future of journalism, democracy, and AI in a moment of rapid transformation.
Todd will challenge JCU’s Class of 2026 to think critically about AI’s role in public discourse and democratic life.
It’s embedded in how we develop every student.
Through Onward — your north star, our shared direction and distinct promise — you'll be accompanied by a team of mentors and advisors; create a personalized roadmap for your goals; build a portfolio of high-impact, real-world experience; and launch into your career, graduate school, or service with clarity and confidence. AI literacy, ethical reasoning, and adaptive thinking are woven throughout.
