Two
organizations that are active in promoting post-secondary education for
minority students -- the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the UNCF --
will administer the funds. Each organization will receive $500,000 to be
awarded to students accepted to any one of the nation's 85 historically black
colleges and universities (HBCUs) that are members of the two organizations."
"Siemens' grant is critically important because it can help to address one
of the most pressing needs facing our nation's children and that is the need
for more teachers in math, science and engineering," said Dwayne Ashley, CEO
and President , Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. programs, placing the Manderson Graduate School of
Business at 46th overall among full-time M. programs and 20th
among public M.

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The New Jersey-based Siemens Foundation will provide $1 million in
scholarships over the next five years for undergraduate and graduate students
who wish to pursue careers in teaching math, science and technology. The Siemens
Foundation will fund the scholarships as part of its mission to support and
enhance math and science education in America's high schools. Michael Lomax, UNCF's President and CEO.

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The undergraduate business program at University of Alabama's
Culverhouse College of Commerce is ranked in the top 3 to 4 percent of
public business programs, and the undergraduate accounting program at
the Culverhouse School of Accountancy is ranked No.B.

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Using SAS Enterprise Miner to sift through
enrollment records and standard freshman surveys, the university
identified and validated key variables that affect retention,
including ACT scores, high school GPAs, college majors and parents'
education levels.

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The two
organizations will select scholarship recipients each year."

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This program marks the first time the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
and the UNCF will collaborate in an effort to target both private and public
colleges. Overall , support from
organizations like the Siemens Foundation has helped UNCF support more
minorities in higher education and we are excited to be a part of this
scholarship program.
"There is a strong need within the business world to train the
next generation of business leaders in the principles of data
quality," said Dr.A.A.sas.

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The
collaboration of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the United Negro
College Fund will assist 85 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in
their efforts to encourage minority students in pursuing a career in science
and mathematics.

"It is therefore imperative that
we provide the necessary resources to broaden the pool of qualified math and
science teachers, especially in communities that have been traditionally
under-represented in the fields of science and technology.
Students in the technology lab use DataFlux(R) dfPower(R ) Studio,
a data management solution designed to allow business and IT users to
analyze, improve and control the quality of corporate data.

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SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business
intelligence software and services that create true enterprise
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This makes this grant unique for two reasons: There is a need
for more qualified minority math and science teachers, and HBCUs have long
been the training ground for new leaders in education as well as
mathematicians, scientists and engineers. programs nationwide.

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McCausland,
Chairman of the Board, Siemens Foundation.

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"Companies need to use data to understand their current business
landscape and, ultimately, gain a competitive advantage.
Insights gleaned by students participating in the data mining
certificate program are also being applied to benefit the
administrative side of the university, specifically in the area of
student retention.

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"Businesses are increasingly looking for students who graduate
with data mining skills and can use those skills once they enter the
work force," Hardin said. 25 nationally in
the latest Public Accounting Report rankings.B. To learn more about DataFlux,
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"We all know that good schools are impossible without good teachers," said
Wilbert Bryant , Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs,
Department of Education. "The Siemens Foundation scholarship money will help
increase the number of teachers going into America's classrooms . "All students deserve a
sound, quality education that will set them on the road to economic
prosperity .

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"The university has become a leading innovator in providing
data mining education , and this partnership demonstrates our shared
commitment to educate the students of today with highly valuable
analytical skills that they can apply throughout their lives. The study was published in the Summer 2003 issue of The
American Marketing Association.

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dfPower Studio is the
industry's first technology that provides a single-platform
environment that encompasses data profiling, data quality, data
enrichment and data monitoring. A wholly owned subsidiary of SAS
(www. Copyright (C) 2005 DataFlux Corporation LLC, Cary,
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The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund has 47 member public HBCUs;
the UNCF provides operational support to the 38 private institutions.----Increasingly ,
companies are finding that data quality - or the lack thereof - has a
significant impact on the bottom line.
The institute is an applied research center in which graduate students
collaborate with faculty to solve real-world business problems by
applying data mining techniques and SAS(R) business intelligence and
analytic solutions to corporate data."
Other courses in the credit-carrying certificate program teach
graduate students about predictive modeling and other data mining
concepts , while giving them hands-on experience in applying SAS
Enterprise Miner(TM) to solve business problems .com), DataFlux helps companies improve the consistency,
accuracy and reliability of critical customer and business data.

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WASHINGTON, Department of Education -- The
Siemens Teacher Scholarships, a collaboration between the Thurgood Marshall
Scholarship Fund, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF ) and the Siemens
Foundation, aimed at encouraging minority students to pursue teaching careers
in math and science, was officially announced today at the Department of
Education. Data quality
technology can ensure that the data driving business intelligence is a
reliable resource. The university uses this information to design
programs to help at-risk students stay in school and succeed
academically .A.B.

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"The Siemens
Teacher Scholarships will allow more minority students to pursue careers in
math and science, which will ultimately increase the nation's success in
producing more qualified math and science teachers. The data mining program resides
within the Institute of Business Intelligence at the university's
Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration (C+BA).
"SAS is honored to team with the University of Alabama to support
its vision of teaching students to use SAS to solve business
problems," said Mark Milliron, executive director of SAS Education
Practice .

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The data quality class is the most recent addition to an
innovative data mining certificate program designed in collaboration
with SAS, DataFlux's parent company and the market leader in business
intelligence and data warehousing. Adding DataFlux technology to our curriculum was a
natural progression.
DataFlux solutions - consisting of data profiling, data quality, data
integration, data augmentation and data monitoring - allow companies
to build a solid information foundation that can enhance the
effectiveness of data-driven applications, including customer
relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP),
data warehousing and database marketing.dataflux .

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"Since its inception, DataFlux has created software for the
business user, which helps add some critical 'business sense' to the
data quality dilemma," said Tony Fisher, president and general manager
of DataFlux."
The data mining certificate program is one component of the
Institute of Business Intelligence, which serves as a key focal point
for business intelligence research within the university and for
university and industry partnerships involving applied research in
data mining and knowledge discovery.B. All Rights Reserved.

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Now,
students at the University of Alabama are learning the basics of data
quality and data mining processes and methodologies through hands-on
courses featuring technology from DataFlux and SAS.
"We saw this as a great opportunity to help the university address
a business problem in an area of growing importance," said Hardin. 61 overall
among full-time M. Forbes magazine recently released its
rankings of M.com
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"By partnering with SAS, we can provide our
students with education and SAS training that will prepare them to
meet the growing demand in the market.

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"If American technology companies are to continue creating cutting edge
innovations and high paying jobs, we need to be sure that all American high
school students develop the necessary math and science skills they will
require to take advantage of these opportunities ," said Thomas N."
Students in the data quality course learn to use DataFlux
technology to analyze existing data sources and build business rules
to standardize, verify and consolidate data. Teaching his students
to use SAS Enterprise Miner is teaching them the industry standard for
data mining , says Hardin, who leads the certificate program.A.

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"The growing shortage of qualified math and science teachers in this
country will impact America's economy for years to come if it is not
addressed ," said Dr. programs.B. SAS is the only vendor that completely
integrates leading data warehousing , analytics and traditional BI
applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. Other brand and product names are
trademarks of their respective companies.

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Michael Hardin, professor of statistics in the
department of information systems, statistics and management science. In addition , the business school's
entrepreneurship program is ranked in the top 100 by Entrepreneur
magazine .

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C. Poor data quality can lead to
uninformed decisions, lost productivity and wasted resources. dfPower
Studio combines advanced data profiling capabilities with proven data
quality, integration and enrichment tools, providing an integrated,
end-to-end data management solution.
The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of
Alabama is ranked 31st among public M.

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For SAS , the ongoing partnership with the university represents
its continued dedication to work with educational institutions to
provide their students with valuable SAS skills that can be applied
during their professional careers in private industry, education and
government. programs and No.
The marketing program is ranked 22nd in the nation in a study that
assesses the influence of marketing articles , scholars and
institutions. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites -
including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500(R) -
to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers;
to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive
organizations forward. For
nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world
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This is a
partnership between three institutions who are committed to improving the
quality of science and math education in our nation's schools. "We look forward to working with the University of
Alabama's data mining curriculum, and we are proud that our technology
can enhance the educational experience of future business leaders.

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