How One University Wants to Teach Students to Use Data

Data is an increasingly pervasive force in American life, with the power to shape perception and policy. And so it makes a certain amount of sense that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) recently adopted a new "data dexterity" requirement for its students, starting in fall 2019.  The goal, as RPI put it in a news release, is to develop a "proficiency in using diverse datasets to define and solve complex real-world problems."