SAS Higher Education Resources
Assisting institutions of higher learning incorporate SAS Technology into their academic programs
With deep roots in education, SAS has always been dedicated to serving the higher education community. That commitment is embodied in the programs and services offered through SAS' Higher Education Consulting group.SAS' Higher Education Consulting group can help your university or community college incorporate SAS technology into your curriculum with a full menu of programs, services, and events, many of which are offered free of charge.
One of the group's most popular offering is Academic Trainer's Kits. This program provides course materials to university-level instructors interested in teaching SAS to their degree-seeking students.
Meet Jerry Oglesby, Director of Higher Education Consulting
Jerry L. Oglesby holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Texas A&M University, an M.S. in Mathematics from Lamar
University, and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Mississippi. He currently works for SAS as the Director of
Higher Education Consulting and Global Certification within the Education Division. This department is charged with
supporting SAS in the university wide community. It has, as its major goal, the introduction of SAS training materials and
software in the curriculums of courses across many units within the universities. Prior to starting this group, he was
Director of Analytical Consulting within the Professional Services Division. As Director of Analytical Consulting he grew
the Department from its formation to approximately forty modelers and business analysts whose primary function was to
provide analytical support and expertise to SAS' sales force and customers. This group was largely responsible for the
support of the successful launch of SAS' award winning data mining solution, Enterprise Miner.
From 1990 until joining SAS in July of 1996, Jerry was employed by Monsanto Chemical Company as plant statistician and Manufacturing Technologist. He was CEO and founding President of SCI Data Systems from 1977 to 1990. Following completion of his doctorate at Texas A&M in 1971, he was a professor of Statistics at the University of West Florida where he established the Institute for Statistical and Mathematical Modeling for doing analytical and computational consulting for clients on and off campus.
Jerry serves on several advisory boards in support of statistics and data mining:
- Data Mining Advisory Board, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Central Florida
- Central Michigan University Research Corporation, Center for Applied Research & Technology, Central Michigan University
- Center for the Management of Information Systems, Department of Information & Operations Management, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
- Master of Marketing Research Program, Coca-Cola Center for Marketing Studies, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
- Institute of Business Intelligence, Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama
- Department of Statistics & Operations Technology, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
- Industry Advisory Committee, North Carolina Community College System
- Information Technology Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Computer Information Systems Division Advisory Board, Wake Technical Community College
- Decision Sciences & Center for Quality & Productivity Advisory Board, Business Computer Information System, College of Business Administration, University of North Texas