The ASA
Undergraduate Statistics Education Initiative
(USEI)

Improving the Workforce of the Future:
Opportunities in Undergraduate Statistics Education

From noon on Saturday, August 12 to
Sunday, August 13 at 12:30 p.m.

Program Chair: Richard Scheaffer

Keynote address: Undergraduate Programs and the Future of Academic Statistics* by David S. Moore

Position Papers:

• Needs of Business, Industry and Government
• Curriculum Guidelines for Bachelor of Science Degrees in Statistical Science
• Curriculum Guidelines for Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Statistical Science
• First Courses for Statistical Science
• Making the Case for Undergraduate Statistics to the World at Large.

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The presentation will be followed by discussion from the floor with team members responding to questions.

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Agenda

Saturday, August 12, 2000

1:00- 1:15 Welcome (Ray Waller, ASA; Marvin Zelen, COPSS)

1:15-2:00 Keynote Address: David Moore

2:00-2:15 Break

2:15-3:30 Needs of Business, Industry, and Government (B/I/G)

Moderator: Bob Starbuck, Wyeth-Ayerst Research

Presenter: Mimi Ritter, General Motors (retired)

Recorder: Bob Hogg, University of Iowa

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-5:15 Curriculum Guidelines for BS and BA Degrees in Statistical Science

Moderator: Bill Schucany, SMU

Presenter: BS Degrees: G. Rex Bryce, BYU

Presenter: BA Degrees: Thad Tarpey, Wright State University

Recorder: Carmen Acuna, Bucknell University

Sunday August 13, 2000

8:00-9:15 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Minors/Tracks/Programs in Statistics

Moderator: Ann Cannon, Cornell College

Presenter - BS Minors: William Notz, Ohio State University

Presenter - BA Minors: Mary Parker, Austin Community College

Recorders: Bradley Hartlaub, Kenyon College and Carolyn Morgan, Hampton University

9:15-9:30 Break

9:30-10:15 First Courses for Statistical Science

Moderator: Bob Hogg, University of Iowa

Presenter: Joan Garfield, University of Minnesota

Recorder: Dex Whittinghill, Rowan University

10:15-11:00 Making the Case for Undergraduate Statistics

Moderator: Jerry Moreno, John Carroll University

Presenter: Carl Lee, Central Michigan University

Recorder: David Fluharty, AFL Automotive (Alcoa)

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:30 Wrap Up

Session Chair: Richard Scheaffer, University of Florida

1. Reporting back of Recorders
2. General discussion (global commentary)
3. Potential workshops as follow up to these sessions
4. Summary and path forward.