Skill discrepancies between research, education, and jobs reveal the critical need to supply soft skills for the data economy.

ABSTRACT: Rapid research progress in science and technology (S&T) and continuously shifting workforce needs exert pressure on each other and on the educational and training systems that link them. Higher education institutions aim to equip new generations of students with skills and expertise relevant to workforce participation for decades to come, but their offerings sometimes misalign with commercial needs and new techniques forged at the frontiers of research. Here, we analyze and visualize the dynamic skill (mis-)alignment between academic push, industry pull, and educational offerings, paying special attention to the rapidly emerging areas of data science and data engineering (DS/DE). The visualizations and computational models presented here can help key decision makers understand the evolving

SUBMITTER: Borner K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6294902 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature