by Betsy Corcoran

Yes, this is a program that’s all about the numbers.

A triad of Harvard institutions—its business School, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and the department of statistics—are teaming up with Maryland-based digital education company, 2U, to offer an online executive education certificate in business analytics.

It’s a sweet win for 2U, which is steadily building a portfolio of online programs, most of which deliver masters’ degrees.