These services, materials and events were designed to deepen knowledge of SAS for use in teaching and research.
SAS offers an internationally recognized certification program. The SAS Global Certification Program provides formal credentials to SAS users who can demonstrate an advanced knowledge of SAS expertise. Certifications are offered in programming, data warehousing, and predictive modeling.
For academics, SAS certification exams are available at a 50-percent discount off the published exam fee. This discount applies only to faculty, staff, and full-time students of post-secondary degree-granting institutions. Learn more about this discount.
SAS Academic Newsletters – Get three free e-newsletters that focus on business school activities, research initiatives, and student and teacher involvement at research institutions, universities and business schools in partnership with SAS worldwide.
Training –
Workshops, discounts on public training, specialized training for university professors, self study materials and forums for informal learning keep you up to date on the SAS topics of interest to you.
- Self-Paced e-Learning – This is available at a 50% discount for professors and students. The award-winning software lets you decide when, where and how to learn.
- Online Documentation – SAS OnlineDoc documentation is your one source for information about functions, statements, procedures, SAS tasks, concepts, syntax and examples. SAS OnlineDoc documentation is free and available in HTML and PDF formats.
- Discounts on Training for Educators – SAS is committed to supporting education and excellence for the educational community by offering lower fees and discounts for instructor-based training and SAS certification exams.
- Data Mining for Educators Workshop – This invitation-only program occurs each summer and offers university-level professors a unique opportunity to learn more about incorporating SAS® Enterprise Miner™ into their curricula. SAS offers this training in multiple locations each summer. In 2007, locations include Cary, NC and Long Beach, CA.
- Lunch and Learn Seminars – This is a new way for professors to learn more about how SAS can be applied to enhance both teaching and research. These sessions are excellent opportunities to have lunch or a series of lunches on your campus with SAS professionals who are interested in learning about your teaching and research goals.
- SAS Learning Edition – SAS users at all levels, from novice to advanced, will appreciate this inexpensive, intuitive and easy-to-use personal learning version of SAS software.
Publications – Bringing you real-world experience, illuminating examples and thoughtful insights on the use of SAS, books published through SAS Press are a must-read for anyone in academia.
Conferences –
Periodically SAS teams up with partner universities to bring together top analytical practitioners to discuss the latest trends, advances, and best practices in a given industry. Offered several times a year, these programs unite successful business practitioners with leading academicians to share their experiences and knowledge and help solve challenging business problems facing a particular industry.
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Industries
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