The SAS Commitment to Academia

Introducing New Resources for Academic Instructors and Institutions

"Your SAS expertise has never been more valuable or more in demand. and not in statistics, but also in such diverse areas as marketing, finance, economics, molecular biology, geology, engineering life sciences and of course  MBA programs.”
Dr. Jim Goodnight, Founder and CEO of SAS

SAS is introducing the Academic Program in Canada to help Instructors and Academic Institutions maximize their students’ educational experience.

Take a moment to review the helpful resource material below, aimed at educating and making curricula planning straightforward and more effective. 

Valuable Material and Resources for Professors:

The Tools:

• Training Kits
  The Academic Trainer’s Program provides trainer’s kits that are free of charge and supply university instructors with course notes, slides and data sets to any of SAS Education’s more than 50 courses.
• Curriculum Consulting
  SAS provides a wide array of consulting expertise and resources that can help you effectively integrate SAS into your curricula, either as a comprehensive certificate program, a degree, or as an individual course.
• Sample Data Sets
  We recognize that professors often have trouble obtaining data sets that are suitable for teaching specific concepts in statistics. To assist in that area, SAS has assembled a library of SAS data sets. 
• Desk Copy Program
  SAS Publishing is pleased to offer evaluation copies of some of our publication resources to professors who are interested in teaching using SAS. These include books from our SAS Press library, samples of our award winning Self Paced E-Learning and SAS Learning Edition. Whether you are teaching students how to use SAS or using the power of SAS to apply intelligence to any data in any discipline, we have a variety of resources available to you. 
• Digital Library of Analytics
  The Digital Library of Analytics has a wealth of materials with information written by and intended for instructors. The library consists of five peer reviewed collections; data sets, courseware, research papers, coders corner, and conferences. 
• SAS® Curriculum Builder
  This series of teaching materials is designed around an analytical topic. Modular materials include teaching notes, sample syllabi, presentation materials and resource links. Download PDF Version (PDF: 123KB)
• Point-and-Click – SAS® Enterprise Guide
  This is an easy-to-use, point-and-click interface to the power of SAS. Many professors are including SAS in course curricula to provide their students the necessary skills for the competitive global marketplace. SAS Enterprise Guide runs on the Windows operating environment. See a demonstration of SAS Enterprise Guide.
• Point-and-Click – JMP for Statistical Discovery
  The JMP Academic Partnership offers professors and students the opportunity to teach, learn and develop research projects using the full capabilities of JMP used by corporations worldwide – at a fraction of the corporate licensing fees. JMP runs on the Mac and Windows operating environments.

Register your course with SAS

For Your Students:

• Help your Students Excel
  Students may benefit from either the student fellowship program allowing access to training and software, or may be eligible for the student ambassador’s award for using SAS. 
• Learning Edition
  Learning Edition is a personal learning version of the world’s leading business intelligence and analytic software. It’s the perfect tool for students and professionals who would like to discover the power of SAS.
• Certification
  SAS’ certification offerings help you develop valuable SAS skills that you can apply in a wide range careers in private industry, government and education.

Staying in the Know:

• SAS User Groups
  All across Canada local user groups are a great way to meet fellow users and hear helpful presentations on late breaking topics. 
• e-Newsletter
  Keep up to date on the global developments in SAS and Academia through our newsletter.
• Subscription
  If you are interested in receiving more information about the academic program updates via email, please become a subscriber.

For questions about the above information contact Tim Trussell at cvp@can.sas.com.