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2024 Newsletter Editions

Director's Chair

The Sprint Begins!

MY WIFE AND I moved to Arkansas for the third time six years ago, and every time we’ve landed here, I’ve been more and more—and more—impressed with the energy and effectiveness of this state’s investment in, and focus on, workforce development. I’m especially getting an up-close look at that energy and focus this time around. […]

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Monopolies

Are I.T. Monopolies Bad or Good?

Don’t answer until you’ve read the following Stephen Addison TODAY WE HAVE a number of companies—Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple—that are considered IT monopolies, and a lot of people think their activities should be restricted or even that they should be broken up. But whenever anybody suggests breaking up IT monopolies, I begin to

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Cybersecurity

Q&A: Philip Huff, Director of Cybersecurity Research

IN TODAY’S WORLD, there’s no more valuable aspect of technology than cybersecurity. Whether you’re running a business or running for office, the sanctity of your innermost secrets—whether data, documents, or internal communications—is of supreme importance. Protecting your information from hackers of all stripes and purposes was hard enough—and now A.I. has crashed the party. We

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Data in the News

Data in the News: August 2024

Oh, swell—now we’re going to bet on the news?…Speaking of Dog Days, which U.S. Presidents had dogs named Satan and Drunkard? Check it all out right here. There’s a 77% chance you’re gonna see more news betting in your news reading – NeimanLab One of the first White House pets was John Adams’ dog Satan.

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Data in the News

Data in the News: July 2024

Bernard Marr’s 28 best quotes about A.I….The 5 critical computer science principles every leader needs to know…What’s the role of the office in an increasingly virtual world? Check it all out right here. 28 Best Quotes About Artificial Intelligence – BernardMarr.com The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know – Harvard Business

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Creativity in Apprenticeships

Apprenticely At Work

Creativity At Every Turn Of the new projects on Apprenticely’s plate, fresh thinking is the common denominator   Lonnie Emard   THE WONDERFUL THING about our work at Apprenticely is that we’re just facilitating the efforts of others to do what they might have needed to do anyway. At the end of the day, what

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