The Institute’s director, Dr. Michael Rappa, will serve on a 15-member expert panel that will help EDUCAUSE define the opportunities, challenges and approaches that will inform and educate college and university leaders about the value analytics brings to higher education. According to EDUCAUSE’s President and CEO, Dr. Diana Oblinger, analytics will be a critical tool for analyzing, predicting, and making decisions in areas such as Continue reading “Director Serves on Analytics Expert Panel”
The Institute’s Dr. Aric LaBarr spoke today at the Best Practices Workshop for the National Professional Science Masters Association (NPSMA) in Niagra Falls, New York. His presentation focused on how the Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) degree uniquely prepares professionals for the current needs of industry. The NPSMA is a collaborative of Professional Science Master’s (PSM) degree program directors, Continue reading “Professional Science Masters Workshop”
Today the University Space Committee, chaired by the Provost, approved the Institute’s request to lease approximately 6,000 additional square feet contiguous to its current facility beginning April 1, 2012. The matter will now be referred to the Council of State for its review.
The Institute’s director, Dr. Michael Rappa, spoke today at the Center for Design Innovation (CDI) in Winston-Salem. CDI is a multi-campus research center within the University of North Carolina system. Led by Dr. Carol Strohecker, its goal is to spur economic transformation of the state’s Piedmont area through design-focused activity based on advanced digital technologies. Dr. Rappa’s talk on surviving and thriving in the digital economy was part of the Center’s on-going Idea Exchange series of events, which are open to the public.