The ASA Biopharmaceutical Section is producing podcasts to provide news and highlights on upcoming conferences, educate the community on various areas of statistics in pharmaceutical development, and share the educational and professional background of section members.
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To Participate or Not to Participate: That Is a Question About Value
What do you get when you become an ASA member? Here, ASA President Nathaniel Schenker provides some obvious —and not so obvious—answers.
Villanova Creates Center for Statistics Education
Villanova University is pleased to share with the statistics community the creation of the new center for statistics education, a center of excellence in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova University.
ASA, NCTM Call on School Administrators, Universities to Increase Training for Pre-K–12 Statistics Teachers
The American Statistical Association and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics are calling on universities and school administrators across the country to provide high-quality training and professional-development opportunities that will help prepare future and current teachers to lead classes on statistics.
Career Success Training for Statisticians: A Progress Update
One of the presidential initiatives Bob Rodriguez described in his first column was the formation of a workgroup to develop career-building courses that enable statisticians to become more successful. Here, workgroup chair Bob Starbuck explains how this effort has evolved, how you can contribute, and how you will benefit.
Continuing Professional Development: New Kinds of Learning for Statisticians
ASA President Bob Rodriguez explains the success of the ASA’s Continuing Education program and describes other kinds of continuing professional development our association should support.
ASA Annual Fund Drive Sees Successful Year
Thanks to the generosity of more than 500 ASA members who made contributions to the ASA’s annual fund this year, the association received more than $25,000.
The 2009 Annual Fund Drive was the first formal fund campaign for the ASA. For many years, the ASA has operated informal fund drives in which members were given the opportunity to make a contribution when renewing their memberships. This year, however, the association instituted a more systematic effort.
JMM 2010 to Offer Professional Development Opportunities
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education will host two pre-conference workshops on January 12 in San Francisco.