Institution Partnerships

From curriculum review to program launch.

Castalia’s graduate AI courseware is designed for institutions that want launch-ready syllabi and materials while keeping program names, degrees, and credit rules entirely under local control.

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Academic fit

Position the curriculum as a full graduate degree, a concentration-based launch, or a certificate-bearing extension of an existing portfolio.

Commercial structure

The program can be licensed as a complete degree package, a specialization-first rollout, or a certificate portfolio with optional implementation support.

Operational support

We align staffing, launch sequence, student support, and online delivery assumptions to your institution's operational model.

How engagement works

Institutional sales move faster when the path is explicit. We recommend a structured sequence from fit assessment through implementation.

  1. Discovery call to identify audience, academic context, and launch constraints.
  2. Program matching with sample syllabus, delivery recommendation, and budget shape.
  3. Pilot or launch plan covering term calendar, staffing, and student support.
  4. Implementation onboarding for faculty, facilitators, and reporting stakeholders.

What we can package

The curriculum can be sold in multiple institutional forms depending on how quickly you want to enter market and how broad the initial launch should be.

Full degree package

Adopt the full reference stack—core, specialization clusters, capstone, and certificate course—as a mapped bundle your catalog committee can approve.

Concentration-first rollout

Lead with healthcare, business, cybersecurity, or robotics AI to validate market demand before scaling the full degree.

Market-facing certificates

Use Sovereign AI (AINS6010) and selected core courses to create stackable AI certificate offers.

Pricing LTI-based services

LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) is how tools plug into Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, and similar LMSs. Buyers rarely pay “for LTI” alone—they pay for integrated delivery, support, uptime, and data handling. Price the bundle, then choose a meter that matches how your costs scale.

Scope first

Clarify tools in scope (single vs suite), grade passback, roster sync, regions, and which LMS versions you certify. That drives engineering and support cost more than raw traffic.

Typical meters

Annual institution or system license; tiered FTE or active users; pilot fee converting to a subscription; or content + runtime sold together when you ship both cartridges and a live tool.

Stripe vs quotes

Self-serve Payment Links suit fixed SKUs (pilots, single tools). Multi-tool bundles, custom DPAs, and district-wide deals usually belong on invoice + contract—not a shopping cart.

Internal checklist for sales and product: see LTI-SERVICES-PRICING.md in the programs repository.

Buyer FAQ

How are programs licensed?

Programs can be licensed as single-course deployments, certificate bundles, or multi-cohort institutional partnerships depending on scope and support needs.

Can institutions adapt the curriculum?

Yes. Most offerings can be localized around audience, term length, institutional branding, and faculty facilitation model.

What delivery formats are supported?

Programs can be delivered online, in person, or hybrid, and can be packaged for LMS deployment, hosted delivery, or guided facilitation.

Do you support pilots?

Yes. Many institutions begin with a pilot cohort, special topics section, summer launch, or faculty fellowship format before wider rollout.