AI-Assisted Credit Mobility
Transforming Transfer Pathways Through Artificial Intelligence
A national pilot from NASH’s Center for Data & Analytics in partnership with Equivalence Systems, LLC and the University of California, Berkeley
Putting Students at the Center of Transfer Innovation
The transfer process has long been a roadblock for millions of students seeking a bachelor’s degree. Now, NASH is tackling that challenge head-on.
Through a bold partnership with UC Berkeley’s Computational Approaches to Human Learning Lab and the AI research spinoff Equivalence Systems, NASH is piloting a first-of-its-kind tool: CourseWise, an AI-powered platform that helps students, advisors, and institutions navigate credit mobility with greater clarity and confidence. With a focus on Responsible AI principles, CourseWise aims to make the articulation process more efficient and effective, giving back valuable time to staff and faculty to focus on students. CourseWise was selected to win the 2025 Tools Competition to expand its work on transfer articulation.
Meet CourseWise
CourseWise is a software platform that leverages Responsible AI to:
- Recommend course equivalencies, even with incomplete data
- Upload and analyze transcripts through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tools
- Generate individualized transfer plans using AI-assisted advising
- Provide system-, campus-, and department-level articulation controls
- Integrate articulation data with external systems and advising tools
- Utilize novel metrics to analyze the quality and coverage of course articulation data (Articulation Coverage Score)
CourseWise helps institutions uncover transfer pathways, reduce staff time on articulation, and speed credit evaluation, especially across complex multi-campus systems.
The Pilot in Action
The initiative, currently being piloted by systems including SUNY, Texas A&M, the University of Hawai’i System, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and PASSHE, will include over 120 campuses nationwide. Participants receive full access to CourseWise and join a new Credit Mobility Community of Practice, where system leaders collaborate on shaping the national course articulation landscape.
During the 2025-2026 pilot :
- Access to CourseWise is free to participating institutions
- NASH provides training, onboarding, and ongoing support
- Systems engage in quarterly cross-institutional convenings to test, refine, and share best practices
Why It Matters
80% of community college students intend to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree, yet only 16% successfully do so within six years. The complexity of our institutions and degrees puts the burden of transferring on the student.
This initiative aims to change that. By improving how systems evaluate and apply credit, CourseWise supports a more just, navigable, and efficient path to a degree.
What's Next
Leveraging the ongoing partnership with UC Berkeley and Equivalence Systems, NASH will:
- Launch a National Course Articulation Platform
- Advance open-source data standards for articulation and degree coding
- Scale CourseWise across more public systems, with long-term sustainability options