2161-3974
Journal of eScience Librarianship
2161-3974
Lamar Soutter Library, UMass Chan Medical School
10.7191/jeslib.2017.1105
355
videoarticle
Data Science Programs in U.S. Higher Education: An Interview with the Authors
Tang
Rong
rong.tang@simmons.edu
Sae-Lim
Watinee
saelim@simmons.edu
Simmons College
Simmons College
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2017
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Copyright: © 2017 The Author(s)
2017
<p>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 <em>Education for Information</em>.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>A transcript of this interview is available for download via the Download button above.</p>
Keywords
data science
program description
curriculum structure
course focus
iSchools