The story from Dave Wells, former TDWI education director, is that Seattle University’s big cheeses—all Jesuits—met to talk about the university’s new BI project. Dave said the provost had been listening throughout, and at the end endorsed the project. “I appreciate that we all pray,” said the provost. “But at times we might need help from the data.”
culture
“Huge culture class” over school metrics
A new source in the education-testing business tells me about a “huge cultural collision” between the “sensate, feeling types and the new racetrack bettor types.”
Why IT guys write that way
“IT Guy” hits the spot with his response to Ann All’s post “Translate IT into English for Big Business Benefits”: