IBM brings more data science to college — from clomedia.com by Bravetta Hassell
For some companies, combating skills gap means starting early — like, college early.

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To help close the growing skill gap in analytics, IBM has announced it’s expanding its data science education efforts.

According to IT research and advisory company Gartner, the number of citizen data scientists is on track to grow five times faster than the number of highly skilled data scientists through 2017, and the need for talent who can make data-driven insights and decisions will increase as well. Through IBM’s new Watson Analytics Academic Program, students at select universities around the world will gain access to tools and resources that will help them build data-analytic skills.

 

Also see the IBM Watson Analytics Academic Program page for a list of relevant resources, including: