The letter writer calls on the profession to recognize the privilege in which we live and to reformulate departmental policies, attitudes, and programs of study with a view toward producing an equitable educational system for women, minorities, and all citizens.
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ASA Launches Personal Skills Development Program
The ASA will introduce a new program called Personal Skills Development (PSD) this year during the Joint Statistical Meetings.
PStat and You?
Three longtime members of the ASA share their thoughts about PStat accreditation.
Professional Development Opportunities Planned Before JMM 2014
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) will host two pre-conference workshops January 14, the day before the opening of the MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings 2014.
A Statistician in the NFL
For the first time ever, a statistician was selected in the top five picks in the annual NFL player entry draft. Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah, a star defensive end at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, was chosen with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft by the Detroit Lions April 25.
Meet Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Erica Groshen
Amstat News invited new Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erica Groshen to respond to a few questions so readers could learn more about her and the agency she leads. Read on to see what she had to say.
Advice, Professional Development Tips for Graduate Students
This column has focused on tips for beginning graduate students over the past two months and highlighted suggestions for advanced students transitioning from working predominantly on coursework to concentrating on research. In this column, David Vock and Haley Hedlin give advice about expanding beyond statistics courses and dissertation work that is applicable to the entire graduate school experience.