CSU Global Is Building a Better Academic Experience With Kuali?

Learn how CSU Global is connecting curriculum, catalog, and degree planning to simplify academic operations and give students a clearer path forward.

Helping students stay on track begins with giving registrars, advisors, and students clear, accurate information about academic progress. Watch how CSU Global modernized degree planning to create a better experience for everyone involved.

Watch the video or read the case study below to learn how CSU Global made the shift.

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Helping Registrars Guide Students with Confidence

RRegistrars are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of every student’s academic journey. But as degree requirements become more complex, transfer credits increase, and academic pathways become more personalized, giving students a clear picture of where they stand—and what comes next—can be challenging.

At CSU Global, that challenge was amplified by scale. The university needed a better way to manage degree progress, transfer credit, and academic information without relying on rigid systems and manual workarounds.

With Kuali, CSU Global created a more flexible, transparent approach to academic operations—giving students a clearer path to graduation and the teams supporting them greater confidence in the information they rely on every day.

The Challenge

CSU Global had gone through several degree audit systems, but none fully met the institution’s needs. The team was often forced to work within the limitations of the software and create manual processes to fill the gaps.

“We had gone through a few degree audit systems. They never just fully met our need. We had to kind of take it as is and figure out how to move forward and implement some manual processes.” – Marlise Sipes, University Registrar at CSU Global.

At the volume CSU Global manages student records and transfer evaluations, those workarounds simply weren’t sustainable.

The challenge extended beyond degree planning. Managing curriculum, catalogs, student records, transfer credits, and degree requirements creates highly interconnected work. Before Kuali Catalog, CSU Global worked with its Marketing team to manually create a polished PDF for every catalog release—adding time and effort to an already complex process.

The Turning Point

CSU Global needed more than another system it would have to work around. It needed the flexibility to build academic processes around the way the institution actually operates. With Kuali, CSU Global created clear, precise degree audits that give students an easy way to see which credits transferred, which requirements they’ve completed, and which courses they still need to take.

Student Success Counselors gained a reliable audit to guide advising conversations. Enrollment teams gained greater visibility into transfer credit and degree progress. And the teams responsible for student records could work from the same consistent academic information.

That same approach extended to the academic catalog. CSU Global streamlined how courses, offerings, policies, and other catalog information are updated and published—cutting the time required to launch a catalog by at least half.