Entrepreneur
Harvard's New Data Science Program Signals a Big Shift for Businesses
By: Kirill Eremenko
Harvard hosts some of the most prestigious programs in the world, especially in business and law. So it was big news in the data science industry when the university announced a new master's program in data science in March 2017 -- and it was bigger news when the university recently credited the program for a 2 percent increase in international applications to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
The fact that elite universities are now investing in -- and seeing results from -- data science programs should send a signal to entrepreneurs: It’s time to start seriously considering the implications of data science in every industry. Like blockchain, data science has quickly emerged from virtually nowhere to find applications in every sector. Until now, bigger universities have been slow to keep up, which has allowed independent, alternative educators such as Kaggle, Udemy and Coursera to drive the industry.
