Designing and Sustaining an Award-Winning Analytics Educational Program: The Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

Ramayya Krishnan (), Alfred Blumstein () and Jon Nehlsen ()
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Ramayya Krishnan: Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Alfred Blumstein: Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Jon Nehlsen: Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

Interfaces, 2018, vol. 48, issue 4, 372-383

Abstract: In 2016, the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University was awarded the INFORMS UPS George D. Smith Prize for excellence in preparing students to be effective practitioners of operations research (OR) and analytics. In this article, we describe the philosophy underlying the college’s approach to analytics education and the specific ways in which students in both the information systems and public policy programs combine coursework and experiential learning to apply a multidisciplinary problem-solving toolkit on their way to becoming men and women for intelligent action.

Keywords: analytics; education; experiential learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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