Enhanced IBM Academic Initiative February 2017

The Economic Value of Advancing Education Shaken By Economic Change, 'Non-Traditional' Students Are Becoming The New Normal September 25, 2016 • The massive growth in the adult student population in America's colleges and universities — one quarter of all college students are over the age of 30 — is changing the higher ed landscape. “That's the price paid for a chronic lack of investment in education. Something must be done at the national level so there aren't so many people left behind that the result of a national, democratic vote gives a result which is bad for the country in the medium term” Tidjane Thiam http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/25/education-reform-is-the-best-to-answer-the-anger-behind-britains/ http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/25/495188445/shaken-by-economic-change-non-traditional-students-are-becoming-the-new-normal Africa is the youngest continent, with 200 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the Africa-America Institute reports. By 2040, Africa will have the world's youngest labor force…A quality education is the foundation and the essence of their future. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-08-16/education-is-key-to-africas-economy

Developing a World of Life Long Learners

Using Industry Resources In Education to Reduce the Skills Gaps Access to leading industry resources Free to the academic community Includes on-line learning resources Cloud access for hands on labs Curated content New industry assets as technology changes Faculty educator guides ibm.onthehub.com

Bluemix trial promo codes** Cloud access, courseware, software now available to faculty in the IBM catalog OTH at ibm.onthehub.com 40+ Software downloads* Faculty only WebSphere Application Server WAS ND WebSphere Commerce Sterling Order Management BigInsights Cognos BI Cognos TM1 Data Studio, DB2 CPLEX**, SPSS Modeler**, Guardium, QRadar, Security AppScan, Security Access & Identity Mgr, Worklight Server and Studio, RQM, RTC, RSA Connections, Domino Server, iNotes, Notes Traveler, Sametime, Spectrum LSF, Spectrum Symphony Bluemix trial promo codes** Feauturing Spark, Cloudant, dashDB, DataWorks, Data Science Experience, Watson IoT Platform, Watson APIs Digital Analytics SaaS account Power Systems Academic Cloud z Systems Blueworks Live 1 yr for faculty, 6 mon for students** 150 + Restricted to Faculty / Courses available* 7 Cloud 7 Commerce 9 Data & Analytics 1 Mobile 55 Power Systems 35 Security 27 z Systems *Faculty have ability to let IBM know they can’t find something they previously had access to **Student catalog has Cloud offers for Bluemix and Blueworks Live and Software will expand in 2017 beyond CPLEX and Modeler available today

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Industry resources for faculty and students ACADEMIC INITIATIVE SKILLS ACADEMY Use IBM Skills Academy for broader requirements Unique Enablement by Country (fee) MEA: University Programs AP: University Programs NA: University Certificates/Community College Focus Engagement for broader needs Faculty Face to Face Training to Deliver New Curriculum Pre-Built Curriculum for New Tech Skills Badges/Certificates Enabled through IBM Academic Initiative OnTheHub IBM Academic Initiative OnTheHub Access (free) Universities Community Colleges/Two Year Institutions Code Schools Middle Schools/High Schools MOOCs Faculty and Students have Direct Access Opportunity for Faculty and Student Recognition Enablement Programs by Country for Millions of Students https://www-304.ibm.com/services/weblectures/dlv/Gate.wss?handler=Login&action=index&customer=meap&offering=meai&from=short_url&origin=global http://onthehub.com/ibm/

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