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OR/MS Education: Past Influences, Future Directions
Agenda
The Past-the dark unfathom'd retrospect! The teeming gulf-the sleepers and the shadows! The past! the infinite greatness of the past! For what is the present after all but a growth out of the past? —Walt Whitman (1819-92), U.S. poet
Changing Mix of Degrees
Growth in PhDs
19th Century Milestones in US Higher Education
20th Century Milestones in US Higher Education
Science: The Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush, 1945
Research Covenant with Federal Government
Eras of Technical Education
Patterns of Change
Agenda
Emergence of OR/MS Education
Unique Positioning
INFORMS Task Force on Business School Education
Agenda
LFM TENETS
SDM Mission
Target Audience
Core Competencies
Curricular Design
OR/MS has a LARGE Role in Broad-Based Education
Recognizing a need and the universities’ role:
Locations of Current SDM Students
Student Affiliations
OR/MS can be taught effectively at a distance!
OR/MS Education: The Future?
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. — Mark Twain
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Author: Thomas L. Magnanti
Email: magnanti@MIT.EDU
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