Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Oliver, J. C., & McNeil, T. (2021). Undergraduate data science degrees emphasize computer science and statistics but fall short in ethics training and domain-specific context. PeerJ Computer Science, 7, e441. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.441

News Media Articles

Oliver, J. C., & McNeil, T. (2021). Data science education lacks a much-needed focus on ethics. The Conversation [Republished by Houston Chronicle, Arizona Daily Star, Australian Times, Business Insider, University World News, Academic Matters, Yahoo! News, Associated Press News, Omaha World-Herald, Nextgov, InvestMacro, Hitechglitz.com, Fuentitech.com, News Post Wall, The Next Web, and Stamford Advocate, among other outlets.] Over 17,500 reads. https://theconversation.com/data-science- education-lacks-a-much-needed-focus-on-ethics-164372

Reports and Data

AI policy and organization at peer institutions. (2024). University of Arizona Institute for Computation and Data-Enabled Insight. https://tmcneil.quarto.pub/AI_Policy_Organization_Report.pdf

Data science organizations, conferences, and events. (2023). University of Arizona Institute for Computation and Data-Enabled Insight. https://tmcneil.quarto.pub/Organizations_Conferences_Events

An analysis of the effects of financial aid on student persistence using logistic regression. (2017). Colorado Department of Higher Education.

Comparative analysis of state higher education admission standard policies. (2012). Colorado Department of Higher Education.

An analysis of the effects of financial aid on student persistence. (2012). Colorado Department of Higher Education.

Manuscripts in Preparation

“Comparative analysis of data science undergraduate degree programs” (will submit to Policy Sciences)

“Investigating institutional characteristics of adopters of data science undergraduate degree programs” (will submit to Higher Education)

“Undergraduate data science programs as a policy problem: Recommendations” (will submit to Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management)

“An analysis of the effects of financial aid on student persistence” (will submit to Journal of Student Financial Aid)