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Academic Leadership and How ASA Helps Members Grow as Academic Leaders
This month, ASA President Kathy Ensor focuses on leadership—specifically statisticians leading in the university environment—and interviews Monste Fuentes about how her role as a leading statistician helps her lead a university.
Remembering the Past as We Define the Future
Sastry Pantula suggests taking a moment to reflect on your challenges, resilience, network of friends, and support system during the past 15 months.
David Allison to Head Indiana University School of Public Health in Bloomington
David B. Allison, a renowned scientist and researcher, is expected to bring a cross-disciplinary approach to research in his new role as dean of the Indiana University School of Public Health in Bloomington.
Nonclinical Biostatistics Conference: Call for Abstracts
The Nonclinical Biostatistics Conference will take place in Villanova, Pennsylvania, in October.
Algebra and Statistics
Murray Aitkin raises the question: “What are university statistics teachers to do with ‘methods’ courses in social science fields like psychology and education, where most students do not have any mathematics background beyond high school?”
2012 Salary Survey of Biostatistics and Other Biomedical Statistics Departments and Units
Here are the results from the fall 2012 Salary Survey of Biostatistics and Other Biomedical Statistics Departments and Units, conducted by the ASA.
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.
Why We Need Data on Our Profession
Due to the economic downturn, many (most?) colleges and universities are looking to cut costs. At the University of Central Florida, this means eliminating the Department of Statistics (among others). At other universities, it could mean merging a statistics department with another discipline. Even worse, it could mean breaking up a statistics department and sending individual faculty to different departments.