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Resources for Lecturers

SAS resources for university lecturers in the areas of teaching, research and professional development

For further information on any of these programmes, please contact Academic Department.

TEACHING RESOURCES

This full range of materials and services assists in the development and delivery of analytics-based courses.

Curriculum Resources 
These services, programmes and materials assist in course development and programme design.

  • Academic Trainer's Kits - 
    These kits are free of charge for university instructors. Kits contain course notes, slides and data sets from many of SAS' public training courses. UK-specific courses may be viewed here. For more information, contact us or complete our information request form.
  • SAS® Curriculum Builder -  
    This series of teaching materials is designed around an analytical topic. Series debut is Autumn 2007. Modular materials include teaching notes, sample syllabi, presentation materials and resource links. (PDF: 123KB)
  • Curriculum Consulting -
    SAS can work with you to incorporate SAS into your classroom or certificate or degree-granting programme.
  • Certificate Programmes -
    SAS will work closely with your institution to develop certificate programmes in a variety of areas of SAS expertise. Designed to recognise students with advanced SAS knowledge, the programme can use pre-existing courses or ones newly developed in consultation with SAS. While your university will administer the programme, the certificate will be co-sponsored by SAS, assuming a set of minimum requirements for semester or course credit hours and topics covered are met. Certificates are awarded after the successful completion of the course requirements.

    Programmes exist for data mining, statistical methods, data analysis, and programming. Certificate programmes in other areas of SAS expertise are available if interest warrants. Read about Oklahoma State University's Data Mining Certificate programme.

  • Demos and interactive tours of Business Intelligence software 
    View demos providing the latest information about Business Intelligence solutions being purchased by government and industry: click here.

Software for Teaching 
The needs of universities vary according to the proposed use of SAS. Please contact SAS to discuss the most appropriate way to license our software for your needs. Briefly, the options are:

  • Eduserv/Chest Licensing: for UK and Ireland universities ONLY
    SAS is trying to make it as easy as possible for academic and research institutions to licence the software at greatly reduced rates. In fact, SAS is now cheaper than SPSS for universities to licence.
    The SAS/Chest licence agreement has created a flexible licensing structure for universities as it enables licensing by department, faculty and campus. Also, a distinction is made between use of the software for Teaching and Research, or for Research only.
    To view the SAS/Chest Agreement, which includes a tariff of prices, Read More .
  • Individual Copies of SAS® 
    Individual academics and students can license their own copy of SAS at a special Education discount where a Chest licence is not appropriate.
    Contact the Academic Department on 01628 490429 to arrange.
  • SAS Student Fellowship Programme  
    In order to encourage the use of SAS for Final Thesis research, SAS permits the software to be licensed free of charge to selected students for one year. For information about the SAS Student Fellowship Programme, please contact Academic Department on 01628 490429.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.

  • Books  
    SAS Press offers many books particularly suited for use in higher education. This list of bestsellers is organized by these categories: basic statistics, a dvanced analytics/predictive modeling, research/clinical, data mining and business intelligence.
  • Desk/Evaluation Copies  
    SAS Publishing is pleased to offer our products to qualified college professors who are interested in teaching SAS.
  • Webcasts  
    These free, on-demand Webcasts present a variety of topics, including the Fast Forward Web series. This series focuses on the art of teaching analytics in the university classroom.
  • SAS Academic Newsletter  
    Get a free e-newsletter that focuses on business school activities, research initiatives, and student and teacher involvement at research institutions, universities and business schools in partnership with SAS worldwide.
  • White Papers 
    Download free SAS white papers on a variety of topics relating to the use of analytics in business and education.
  • Scholars Digital Library of Analytics  
    This evolving digital repository of information was designed to provide high-quality scholarship and educational resources to a diverse audience of educators, students, researchers, academic chairs, consultants, innovators, pioneers and industry experts who employ and use statistical applications and analytics in their teaching and research.
  • SORSE  
    SAS On-Line Resources for Statistics Education - This resource provides data, practice exercises, simple step-by-step directions for running analyses using SAS' point-and-click interface, SAS Enterprise Guide, and thousands of sample questions that can be used for class, homework, quizzes and student self-review.
  • Sample SAS Data Sets 
    Download sample SAS data sets to use for teaching specific concepts in statistics. The library contains an index of data sets to help you ascertain the size of each data set and some types of analysis that might be appropriate for that data.

RESEARCH RESOURCES

These online and peer-to-peer resources help university professors use SAS products to conduct academic research.

  • Scholars Digital Library of Analytics 
    This evolving digital repository of information was designed to provide high-quality scholarship and educational resources to a diverse audience of educators, students, researchers, academic chairs, consultants, innovators, pioneers and industry experts who employ and use statistical applications and analytics in their teaching and research.
  • White Papers 
    Download free SAS white papers on a variety of topics relating to the use of analytics in business and education.
  • 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.
  • Statistics and Operations Research Community 
    Get up-to-date information that includes technical support, papers, documentation and more.
  • Statistics and Operations Research Downloads  
    This site contains experimental procedures and macros available as downloads.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

These services, materials and events were designed to deepen knowledge of SAS for use in teaching and research.

  • SAS Certification  
    Give your or your students' professional careers the boost you've been looking for. Add credibility and depth to your teaching and research activities by acquiring SAS Certification, a globally valid SAS qualification.
  • SAS Academic Newsletter  
    Get a free e-newsletter that focuses 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, specialised 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.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. Data Mining for Educators Workshop - This invitation-only programme 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., and in 2008 they will be extended to include locations in the UK and Ireland.
    5. 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 programmes unite successful business practitioners with leading academicians to share their experiences and knowledge and help solve challenging business problems facing a particular industry.