During our panel series, EDC brought together educators, industry leaders, researchers, and state officials to begin to develop a work plan toward addressing the challenge of expanding access to data science careers.
You can view each of the panel meetings, download briefs about them, or read related articles and external reports that will influence the working group. If you have suggestions for other articles, we’d love to include them! Please email us at datascience@edc.org.
PANEL MEETING BRIEFS
Panel 1:
The Data Science Workforce Challenge
- Issue Brief (pdf)
- Video (YouTube)
Panel 2:
Data Science Education Policy Support
- Issue Brief (pdf)
- Video (YouTube)
Panel 3:
Enhanced Strategies to Increase Diversity
- Issue Brief (pdf)
- Video (YouTube)
- Twitter story
Panel 4:
New Pathways for a Data Science Workforce
- Issue Brief (pdf)
- Video (YouTube)
- Twitter story
Articles and External Reports
How to Become Data Scientist - A Complete Roadmap | GeeksforGeeks
2019 MA Life Sciences Employment Outlook | MassBioEd
100 Best Jobs 2021 | US News and World Report
Note that within the top 10 jobs are three that are related to this panel series: Software Developer (#2), Statistician (#6), and Data Scientist (#8)
Relevant Links
Mass DESE Office of College, Career and Technical Education
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Middlesex Community College
Bunker Hill Community College degree and certificate programs:
AMGEN Foundation and EDC
Mass Life Sciences Center