UT Business Analytics Partners with Businesses to Enhance Education

September 15, 2014

US News reports that as our increasingly technology driven economy demands more highly educated workers, business leaders in STEM companies have become increasingly concerned about the lack of quantity and quality of students entering entering the workforce. But some business are investing heavily in higher education, and everyone is benefiting.
At the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, executives from several companies, like FedEx, JPMorgan Chase, and Kroger, visit undergraduates, where the students get up close and personal with someone who is using data analytics every day,” said Dr. Frank Guess, a professor in the department. Industry partners, like Pershing, Yoakley & Associates Analytics, also take interns from the program, and some partners even teach part-time at the university.
Read more about the partnerships between STEM businesses and universities here.