Accreditors Encourage AI Use to Boost Credit Transfer Process
Kathryn Palmer
October 6, 2025
More than half of those who seek to transfer credit report losing credits, which is a major barrier to degree completion. But AI can help streamline the process and reduce credit loss.
A group of college accreditors is backing the use of artificial intelligence to reduce credit loss during transfer, which is a major barrier to completion for many of the 43 million people across the nation with some college credit but no degree.
“Current approaches frequently result in delays in students receiving necessary information about how their credits will transfer, the need to retake courses, and other negative consequences for students,” said a statement the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions released Monday. “Technological advances, such as AI, can help institutions improve this process.”
Although the statement from CRAC, which represents seven accrediting agencies that oversee 3,000 total degree-granting institutions, isn’t a mandate, the council hopes it will send a message to colleges and universities that leveraging AI to expand course equivalencies doesn’t conflict with accreditation standards.
