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The Data Science Career Pathways in the Inland Empire (DS-PATH) is a partnership that brings together 4-year and 2-year Universities and Colleges with a common goal of creating flexible pathways that will equip underrepresented students to become skilled and knowledgeable professionals in Data Science (DS). The partnership consists of six Hispanic Serving Institutions and covers all three segments of California’s public higher education system, namely, the University of California, the California State University and the Community College System. So far, in its first year, DS-PATH has launched a minor in DS, a Masters degree in Computational DS and a Bridge Program for non-computing majors, and hosted 38 undergraduate students for a summer research experience. DS-PATH has also engaged four local school districts for grades 6-12 via an HDR Supplement aiming to design, launch and train teachers for a new DS curriculum for high school students along with expanding the successful DS Academy outreach program for middle school.
