The Seventeenth Industrial Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students is set to take place at North Carolina State University from July 7–15.
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Report an Extreme Disappointment
Keith Crank, the ASA’s research and graduate education manager, discusses the April 2010 report The Path Forward: The Future of Graduate Education in the United States from the Educational Testing Service and Council of Graduate Schools.
A Message from the Outgoing Chair
Robert Lussier discusses the end of his term as 2009 chair of the ASA Government Statistics Section and reports on the projects the section is putting together for 2010.
Faculty Sabbaticals at Government, Industrial Organizations
Faculty members at research universities typically take sabbaticals by working on a research project at their institution or spending time at another university. An option not always considered is to spend part of the sabbatical at an industrial or government organization. Such arrangements do exist and can be successful.