Data Science Programs in U.S. Higher Education: An Interview with the Authors

• Main Authors: Rong Tang, Watinee Sae-Lim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library 2017-03-01
• Series: Journal of eScience Librarianship
• Subjects: data science; program description; curriculum structure; course focus; iSchools
• Online Access: http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/vol6/iss1/4/
• ISSN: 2161-3974

Rong Tang, Associate Professor Director, and Watinee Sae-Lim, Doctoral Student, from the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, share research presented in their article "Data science programs in U.S. higher education: An exploratory content analysis of program description, curriculum structure, and course focus" published in the journal of Education for Information. Their exploratory content analysis of 30 randomly selected Data Science (DS) programs from eight disciplines revealed significant gaps in current DS education in the United States. These findings have implications for improving DS education in iSchools and across other disciplines. A transcript of this interview is available for download via the Download button above.