Many of our members are considering further education in information quality so I interviewed John Talburt, professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to find out more about the educational programs they deliver.

The Information Quality (IQ) Graduate Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is designed to prepare students to pursue a variety of IQ careers such as Information Quality Manager, Information Quality Analyst, Information Quality Consultant, and Information Quality System Developer, or to pursue doctoral-level graduate studies in preparation for information quality research and instructional roles.

Established in 2006 by the UALR Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Information Quality (MIT IQ) Program, the UALR Information Quality Graduate Program is dedicated to promoting state of the art curriculum in information quality education, contributing new ideas to the information quality knowledge base, and establishing information quality partnerships with the community, government, and industry.

Students can choose from three different graduate degree options:

1. a 12 credit hours Graduate Certificate in Information Quality,
2. a 33 credit hours Master of Science in Information Quality, or
3. a 72 credit hours PhD in Integrated Computing with an Emphasis in Information Quality.