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Training the Next Generation of Business Analytics Professionals

September 26, 2014 | Michael Fitzgerald | Data, AI, & Machine Learning

When Michael Rappa proposed to his employer, North Carolina State University, that they create a degree program for business analytics in 1999, they dismissed the idea. But 14 years later, the Institute for Advanced Analytics is a pioneering and successful program that trains analytics professionals for businesses hungry for analytics skills. Rappa sat down with MIT Sloan Management Review's Michael Fitzgerald to explain how the Institute came about — and where it's headed.

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