Santa Clara University’s Leavey School Inspires Leaders to New Heights
Basil Newburn, current student of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School, recently talked about his goals as a student at the school.
He expects to graduate in 2018, and he has received this year’s Advisory Board Merit Scholarship. In today’s world of virtual connection, his perspective is refreshing. “I usually do my best thinking when I step away from my screens and work on paper,” he says. “On paper I am not constrained by a keyboard, a mouse or the particular design features of an application, and I find that linking my mind with my hands opens up more creativity.”
Leavey School Announces New Master’s Degree in Business Analytics
On October 16, 2015, Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business announced a new Master’s Program in Business Analytics.
Students of the program will receive intensive training in statistics and predictive modeling. The program prepares candidates to analyze trends in their future professions and to envision how and when businesses can profit from future developments based upon this analysis. Business Analytics are applied in various ways. The banking and credit industries use them to delineate customer characteristics such as risk factors, thus enabling businesses to offer the most appropriate products. Other sectors employ analytics to optimize inventory, or to gauge customer behavior to foresee how best to increase profit.
