August 2, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
Charities often struggle to find data professionals who understand the nonprofit world. A new master’s program hopes to help change that.
This fall the University of Texas at Dallas is starting a Social Data Analytics and Research master’s program. The degree is designed to help people who want to work at nonprofits or in government learn a variety of skills, including quantitative and qualitative data analysis, social-data mining, evidence-based project design, and program evaluation.
“Organizations of all kinds collect massive amounts of data from clients and customers through websites and social media,” Simon Fass, associate professor of public policy and head of the new program, said in a written statement. “They need people who can sort through the information to solve problems and help them make decisions.”
