The 16-month Professional Science Master’s Program in Geographic Information Science from the University of Illinois focuses on GIS and business. "'Students who come to the program benefit from high-level, cutting-edge GIS training from leading people in the field, and they also gain from the U of I’s business program, which is very highly regarded and also cutting-edge,' said Sara McLafferty, head of the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science. 'So we think we have a very exciting combination where we've got two really strong programs that are being merged.'” The first cohort started last fall, a second one starts soon, and applications are open for the 2017 cohort. It's interesting that the program name is generic and does not mention business.
Lawrence Stipek, director of the Loudoun County, Va., Office of Mapping and Geographic Information, details the county's use of GIS over the last 30 or so years in an article at GovTech. Among the tidbits of note: "Today, GIS is taught in every county high school."
Trajectory Magazine profiles NOVA IMS, USGIF’s first international school to be accredited. That announcement was made earlier this year. The first students will graduate with a certificate in 2017.
The University of Cincinnati's Geography Graduate Student Organization and Libraries will host an organizational meeting Aug 31st to discuss the formation of a cross disciplinary Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Learning Community. Excellent!