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A new artificial intelligence tool called CourseWise is helping colleges streamline the challenging process of evaluating transfer credits, a long-standing barrier for students moving between institutions. Developed through research at the University of California, Berkeley and piloted at more than 120 campuses nationwide, CourseWise uses AI to learn from past decisions and recommend equivalent courses,…

UNY Cortland has been selected to join the second cohort of the SUNY initiative that embeds industry-recognized credentials into academic coursework, a program supported by NASH, Google, and the University of Texas at Arlington. They received a $50,000 grant to integrate Google UX Design, AI Essentials, and generative AI certificates into English Department courses, helping…

NASH is proud to partner with the Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) as they develop a new systemwide course sharing initiative. As written in the Altoona Mirror, PASSHE is expanding its cross-institutional course sharing program, which will give students access to specialized courses from other universities within the system, particularly benefiting rural students.…

Institutions to watch: The National Association of Higher Education Systems convened four systems—including Texas State University System, Southern Illinois University System, University of Hawai’i System, and Montana University System—in an improvement community focused on course sharing. The goal was threefold: help students avoid bottleneck courses, provide them with access to classes and programs that may not be offered at their…

Elevating teaching Recently I was in New York for a teaching conference organized by the Association of College and University Educators, or ACUE. If you’re not familiar with the organization, it offers online courses and certification for faculty members who want to incorporate more evidence-based teaching practices into their work. The idea behind the approach…

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments on the Biden administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness, and it has reignited debate over student debt. While some believe the plan is a necessary step toward addressing the burden of student loans, others argue that it fails to address the real problem of the cost of attending college…

Studying the role of the faculty and staff in the course-articulation process. Sophia Sutcliffe, Dan Knox, and Marjorie Dorimé-Williams March 16, 2023   For many students, transferring between community colleges and four-year institutions is sometimes the only path to a bachelor’s degree. Community colleges provide a valuable service to students due to lower costs, closer…

In 2022, we published 50 blog posts in “Beyond Transfer” elevating the insights of researchers, practitioners, equity-minded reformers and students themselves. Amid the tremendous diversity of contributors and topics included in the 2022 lineup, the unifying thread was each author’s commitment to leveling the playing field for the growing share of students who attend multiple…

When the overseers of 75 percent of all public undergraduate education in the US decide to do something, transformative change happens – at scale. This opportunity is now before us, thanks to the determined leadership of the National Association of System Heads (NASH), a group whose few dozen members are a small enough group to…

The broken record of broken transfer seems to be on constant repeat in the higher education sector. Going back decades, many states, systems and institutions have enacted sweeping policy changes and invested significant resources in supporting transfer student success. Yet student outcomes have shown little improvement and appear to have even regressed during the pandemic. The question…