This fall’s release of the 2022 degree completion data from the National Center for Education Statistics is marked by the large increases in the undergraduate and master’s degrees awarded in the recently introduced categories for data analytics and data science. The number of bachelor’s degrees in data science, for example, jumped to 897 in 2022, from 165 in 2021 and 84 in 2020. For bachelor’s degrees in data analytics, the 2020, 2021, and 2022 numbers are 325, 455, and 767, respectively.
Cornell College
Ann Russey Cannon Named William D. Warde Statistics Education Award Recipient
Ann Russey Cannon from Cornell College was named the 2017 recipient of the William D. Warde Statistics Education Award, which is presented by Mu Sigma Rho, the national honorary society for statistics. The annual award is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching in the statistics discipline and a lifetime devotion to statistics education.