Grant to help UA boost data science workforce
Summary
Schubert also leads the Data Science Literacy, Education and Workforce Development advisory group.The state is pushing to invest more in workforce training to produce more skilled data science professionals to meet job growth expectations. Data scientists in Arkansas can earn from $80,000 to $120,000 a year.The two-year grant has two main goals. One is to expand the Arkansas Data Science Ecosystem by adding more two-year colleges to the program. The other is to create stackable certificates that allow students and current workers to upskill without requiring a college degree. Stackable certificates will be developed from existing online courses, broken into smaller stand-alone modules taken in sequence for workforce training.Ultimately, the goal is to have more than 1,000 students enrolled in courses around the state.