Dear Colleagues,
The final version of the white paper resulting from the July 2016 Department Chairs Workshop held at ASA headquarters is now linked from https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Meetings/Department-Chairs-Workshop.aspx, which is where you'll also find information regarding the workshop itself, including slides and videos. If you're interested in what transpired at the workshop-which covered themes of workforce needs, data science education, research funding, and mentoring-I recommend skimming the white paper. The folks at ASA have made it easy to follow up on interesting topics by including many links to supplemental materials.
Many thanks to Steve Pierson and Donna LaLonde of ASA, who were exceptionally helpful in producing the white paper.
Best wishes,
Dave Hunter
PS. The direct link to the white paper is https://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/Chairsworkshop/WhitePaper.pdf
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David Hunter
Professor and Head
Department of Statistics
Penn State University
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