Not the ones that look good in a procurement deck. The ones that show up for the student who is quietly falling behind.
Every university already has a portal. An LMS. A chatbot. A student success app. A dashboard. The tools exist. The problem is that none of them know the student.
They were built for the institution. SPARC is built for the individual.
The same is true in doctoral education. Programs have shared drives and email chains and repurposed CMS platforms. What they do not have is a system designed specifically for how doctoral committee work actually happens.
Both of our products exist for the same reason: the right tool, built for the right person, changes outcomes. That belief is the foundation of everything we build.
We are early. We are focused. And we are building.
The persistent AI companion that knows each student personally (their goals, their schedule, their struggles) and acts on their behalf. Not a chatbot. Not a portal. A proactive presence that reaches out before problems become crises.
8 signals · 4-year memory · proactive interventions
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Purpose-built workflows for colleges of doctoral studies. Committee roles, dissertation versioning, faculty dashboards, and the full lifecycle from proposal through final defense. Replaces legacy CMS with institutional-grade infrastructure.
11 roles · Full lifecycle · FERPA-conscious
Explore Corvus DM →Corvus Systems Group is an early-stage company building AI-powered tools for higher education. We are researchers, engineers, and educators who believe that the most important application of AI in education is not content generation; it is what happens to the people that existing systems tend to overlook.
We are actively building toward partnerships with institutions that share our belief that every student deserves an experienced captain on their boat, and every doctoral candidate deserves a process worthy of their work.
Over 25 years leading technology at universities, from director to executive director, we had a front-row seat to one of higher education's most persistent operational failures: the complete absence of a unified system for managing doctoral candidates and the dissertation process.
The picture was the same at every institution. Four applications that don't talk to each other. Data copy-pasted between systems. A CMS twisted into something it was never meant to be. Students not knowing what's next. Faculty buried in email. Administrators without the controls to run their programs effectively. And somewhere in that chaos, doctoral candidates fell through the cracks and walked out the door for good.
We built Corvus DM because we lived that pain. The result is the complete dissertation ecosystem that higher ed has never had: one platform for every role, every interaction, and every milestone from admission to degree.
A single structured home for every milestone, document, form, and communication across the entire doctoral journey. No email. No ambiguity. A clear path to graduation.
A purpose-built work center for dissertation advising: approvals, scoring, rubrics, guidance, compliance, and committee work managed in one organized environment.
Enterprise-grade institutional control across programs, milestones, retention rules, compliance frameworks, archiving policy, integrations, and SLA enforcement.
A live executive dashboard spanning enrollment, engagement, retention risk, faculty accountability, outcomes, equity, and doctoral pipeline health, built for institutional decision making.
We welcome conversations with graduate school leaders, Directors of Graduate Studies, and IT executives who are ready to replace the patchwork with something built to last.
We will show you both products, walk through the Insight views, and talk about what a pilot looks like at your school.
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