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“If you’re a Community College thinking about whether or not to do this [bring Data Science to your institution], just jump in! There’s people here that are trying to make it work, and I think we have some answers.”

In this episode of the Data Science Education Podcast, Katia Fuchs discusses her experiences as the Chair of City College of San Francisco’s Mathematics department. Katia also elaborates on her efforts in bringing Data Science curriculum to the community college level. Katia discusses how her institution adapts to curriculum demands with their varying resource levels, and calls for her community to band together!

“It’s been a pleasure to meet my colleagues at community colleges in Southern California and realize that we’re all stumbling in the same places. And there’s a beauty to that ‘synchronized stumbling’… but if more of us tread water, it’ll be easier not to sink!”

Katia Fuchs is the department chair of City College of San Francisco’s Mathematics Department.

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