• One speaker per year per program (in person or via live web).
• SAS Academic badge with co-branded logo. 
• US$50 SAS certification exams for students and educators who are taking an exam hosted and proctored on your campus. 
• Access to SAS customers for talent connections. 
• Access to student and educator virtual learning environments that provide resources for teaching and learning. 
• Access to free SAS software for teaching and learning.
• Support for teaching SAS, including faculty training and curriculum consultations.

• At least one required or recommended reading material that uses SAS per course. Does not need to be SAS-owned material.
• Programs require that students select any one of the following hands-on components:
  • Lab with hands-on skill development where SAS is the primary tool (50%).
    
  • Practicum, thesis or capstone that uses SAS (may also fulfill course credits).
  • Course project that uses SAS.
    
  • Internship that uses SAS.
  • Paper, presentation or poster accepted at a regional, national or international conference or analytics competition (e.g., SAS Curiosity Cup or a SAS users group).
  • Innovative learning approach proposed by the program and approved at the discretion of SAS.

• Students should have a clear understanding of the value of SAS certification and are encouraged to access SAS Skill Builder for Students.
  
• At least one graded assignment with applied SAS usage per course.
• Students are encouraged to attempt any SAS certification exam.
• At least six credit hours of required courses that use SAS in each course at least 50% of the time, measured by the number of weeks.

Tier 3 benefits include everything featured in tiers 1 and 2, plus:

• One certification prep webinar per program (for students and educators) per certification exam hosted and proctored on your campus.
• Success story co-developed with SAS to promote the program every three years.
• Twelve fee waivers for in-person or live web commercial courses per year per program for educators.
• US$25 SAS certification exams for students and educators who are taking an exam hosted and proctored on your campus.

• At least one required or recommended reading material that uses SAS per course. Does not need to be SAS-owned material.
• Programs require that students select any one of the following hands-on components:
  • Lab with hands-on skill development where SAS is the primary tool (50%).
    
  • Practicum, thesis or capstone that uses SAS (may also fulfill course credits).
  • Course project that uses SAS.
    
  • Internship that uses SAS.
  • Paper, presentation or poster accepted at a regional, national or international conference or analytics competition (e.g., SAS Curiosity Cup or a SAS Users group).
  • Innovative learning approach proposed by the program and approved at the discretion of SAS.

• Students should have a clear understanding of the value of SAS certification and are encouraged to access SAS Skill Builder for Students.
• At least one graded assignment with applied SAS usage per course.
• Students are encouraged to attempt any SAS certification exam.
• Academic institution offers at least one SAS practice or certification exam.
• At least 12 credit hours of required courses that use SAS at least 50% of the time in each course.