Education is multi-dimensional and universities are in a particularly powerful position to broadly engage partners in research. Through a detailed metrics based plan, the COE leverages its data collection efforts into measurable action-based goals to:
- Engage local partners as recruitment sources and offer advanced data science curricula to teach both trade and academic skills, incentivized by making connections with lab and industrial based jobs at the end of each course.
- Catalyze and grow relationships with partner high schools in the City of Cleveland and surrounding communities through hands-on workshops and experiential learning opportunities on a semester basis.
- Utilize supplemental funding opportunities to bolster resources and maximize student personnel engagement.
- Establish a confidential feedback system to allow channels for personnel to identify potential barriers to success, ensuring a positive and healthy environment for all team members to thrive.
In addition to workforce training, MDS3 will establish robust student and community education programs and utilize an appreciative inquiry method to inform how programming evolves. While CWRU has a long tradition of engaging students through many established programs, it is equally as important for the NNSA and our collaborators to have established workforce pipelines with increasing numbers of universities, high schools, and community partners.
Applied Data Science Curricula for Partner Institutions
Joint Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
At Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Roger French has developed a groundbreaking Applied Data Science curriculum with an accompanying model for providing foundational data science curriculum to partnering institutions at no cost. As the Kyocera Professor in Materials Science and Engineering with a Secondary Appointment in Computer and Data Science, Professor French has developed an innovative curriculum that taps into an area of significant research interest, equipping students with a unique competitive edge that cuts across many industries. Whether innovating for the future or working to improve the decision-making process, data lies at the heart of the challenge.
Participating students will complete two courses in an academic year with an optional third, introductory course for students who have not already completed an introductory computer programming course.
As the institution offering the curriculum, Case Western Reserve University provides:
- Structured course content which can be conducted remotely and synchronously in two to three semesters
- Teaching Assistant support for the first student cohort, after which Teaching Assistant responsibilitiesmay
- be transitioned to students at the partner institution that have completed the curriculum
- Free of charge – no funding obligation for the partner institution
