1. Enhanced IBM Academic Initiative
February 2017

2. 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
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.

3. Developing a World of Life Long Learners

4. 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

5. 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

6. Easy Access to Industry Resources

7. Select the Area of Interest and Click on the Icon in that Area

8. IBM OnTheHub Experience

9. Register and Checkout Process
STEP ONE
STEP TWO
STEP THREE

10. Example: Apply the Promo Code In Bluemix
STEP ONE
STEP TWO
STEP THREE
STEP FOUR

11. Academic Access to
ibm.onthehub.com

12. Addendum

13. Locate your Institution or Use the IBM Academic Initiative Store

14. 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

15. Bluemix Watson and Big Data Services
Trade-off Analytics Personality Insights Rank and Retrieve Weather Company Data Insights for Twitter Speech to Text Text to Speech Conversation