University of Chicago Mixes Public Policy with IT Training

Center for Digital Education: Data-driven decision-making is becoming an increasingly important part of government management. But public policy schools still tend to treat data analysis as a very separate, segregated function. That could be changing. This year, the University of Chicago launched a two-year master’s program that blends public policy education with IT skills. Envisioned as an academy to train future government CIOs and data scientists, the hybrid program may be the first of its kind.

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