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National Workshop on Stimulating and Sustaining Excitement and Discovery in K-12 (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) STEM Education

August 1, 2007

 

 

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Dr. Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS

Dr. Jim Goodnight is CEO of SAS, the world's leading business intelligence software vendor. At the helm since the company's incorporation in 1976, Goodnight has overseen an unbroken chain of revenue growth – a feat almost unheard of in the software industry. SAS® software was originally created by Goodnight and North Carolina State University colleagues to analyze agricultural-research data. Three decades later, it's doing things Goodnight never imagined in his days as a doctoral student in statistics. In this address, Dr. Goodnight speaks about the critical importance of improving STEM education for our country.  more >

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