Google Announces 100,000 Scholarships for Online Certificates in Data Analytics, Project Management and UX (cnbc.com) 15
Google today announced three new online certificate programs in data analytics, project management and user experience design. From a report: The certificates are created and taught by Google employees, do not require a college degree, can be completed in three to six months and are offered through the online learning platform Coursera. Google says it will consider all of its certificates as the equivalent of a four-year college degree for related roles at the company. "This is not revenue-generating for Google," says Google vice president, Lisa Gevelber, who leads Grow with Google and Google for Startups and serves as the company's Americas chief marketing officer. "There's a small cost from the Coursera platform itself -- the current pricing is $49 a month -- but we want to ensure that anyone who wants to have this opportunity, can have it." The tech giant has committed to funding 100,000 need-based scholarships for individuals enrolled in any of these career certificate programs and will be awarding over $10 million in grants to YWCA, NPower and JFF -- three nonprofits that partner with Google to provide workforce development to women, veterans and underrepresented Americans. Gevelber says Google chose the specific fields of data analytics, project management and user experience because they can lead to "high-growth, high-paying careers."
US only? (Score:2, Informative)
When I click through the link in TFA, it redirects me to https://grow.google/intl/europ... [grow.google] and there's no sign of these courses. Did anyone manage to find them?
I'm working in data science and analytics but since I never formally studied in the field, there are some big gaps in my skills and knowledge so this seems like it would be a good opportunity.
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Must be. I'm in Canada and I get redirected to https://grow.google/intl/ALL_c... [grow.google]
Too bad. I was interested in the data analytics cert.
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I can see the Headline in July 2021 now... (Score:1)
Google realizes it won't pay attention to what UX specialists say, makes "bold move" by changing all project management paradigms at company, cuts all previous funding started in July 2020 for online courses in favor of new "learn by smartphone" method in which subsonic waves are generated by the user's smartphone and permeate the subconscious during sleep. Google stock soars on news.
Priceing?? (Score:2)
Type of Course Time to Complete Price Range
Individual Course 4-6 weeks $29-$99 (some free courses)
Specialized Program 4-6 months $39-$79 per month
Online Degree 1-3 years $15-$25,000
Does not list other fees.
Google-taught UX classes.... (Score:2)
Google-taught UX classes sound like a huge waste of time considering the quality of their UX work over the past 10 years.
Re: Google-taught UX classes.... (Score:2)
Yeah but on special days they animate their logo on the search page! That's pretty neat!
And then there was gmail. And the entire google docs suite. Blue ribbon winners in the Bad Web UI contest.
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Totally not obvious... (Score:1)
So you're trying to get more people into your creepy soon-to-become-a-major-crime data kraken business, while making it sound like a grand gesture, to use it as a PR stunt *too*?
O how generous of you!
Sorry, that is just laying it on too thick.
You still have to learn to do it like Microsoft... By committing a crime, then getting the judge to order you to do this thing that completely and only benefits you, while costing you not a single dime... as a "punishment"! (Yeah, I remember MS beimg ordered to give "f
Trust (Score:1)
In the wake of anti-trust lawsuits from the Feds and California, Google pretends to be benevolent by offering up some scholarships. Don't buy it.
How can I sign in? (Score:1)
The Digital Marketing (Score:1)