ALEKS Corporation
Harold (Biff) Baker has extensive work experience in the fields of educational technology and academia. From 1989 to 1997, they served as an Assistant Professor of Russian at the University of California, Irvine. In 1997, they transitioned to the private sector and joined ALEKS Corporation as the Director of Customer Support. ALEKS is a leading educational technology company focused on providing innovative solutions for learners in various subjects.
Harold (Biff) Baker pursued their bachelor's degree in English Literature from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, which they completed between 1972 and 1976. Later, from 1980 to 1988, they attended Brown University to undertake their Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, with a focus on Russian Literature.
ALEKS Corporation
ALEKS Corporation is a leader in the creation of Web-based, artificially intelligent, educational software. ALEKS assessment and learning technologies were originally developed by a team of cognitive scientists and software engineers at the University of California, Irvine, with major funding from the National Science Foundation. ALEKS is foundedon groundbreaking research in mathematical cognitive science known as Knowledge Space Theory. Through adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge state and then delivers targeted instruction on the exact topics the student is most ready to learn.ALEKS has been used by millions of students in over 100 different mathematics, science, and business courses at thousands of K-12 schools, colleges, and universities throughout the world.