How Google's New Career Certificates Could Disrupt the College Degree
aristarchus writes:
Seems Google is going to start mass-producing Googlers, but not in the traditional fashion.
Inside Google's $240 Plan to Disrupt the College Degree:
This morning, Google is announcing the next steps in its plan to disrupt the world of education, including the launch of new certificate programs that are designed to help people bridge any skills gap and get qualifications in high-paying, high-growth job fields--with one noteworthy feature:
No college degree necessary.
The new tools could be a game changer for a growing number of people who consider the current educational system broken, or for the millions of Americans who are currently unemployed, much due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
"The pandemic has led to a truly horrible year," Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai tells Inc. in an interview. "But it has also created profound shifts along the journey to digital transformation in ways no one could have imagined."
The plan includes:
- The release of three new Google Career Certificates on Coursera in project management, data analytics, and user experience (UX) design
- A new Associate Android Developer Certification course
- Over 100,000 need-based scholarships
- Partnerships with more than 130 employers working with Google to hire graduates of its certificate program
- A new Google Search feature that makes it easier for people to find jobs for their education level, including no degree and no experience
Most enrollees will finish in six months or less, putting the cost at about $240 for U.S. students. Some may need only three months, cutting that cost in half. Google is offering 100,000 need-based scholarships in the U.S.
Not sure if this is like Burger U (McDonald's), or Trump University, or MSCE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert). But, Big Tech proves once again, it don't need no Badgers, nor Liberal Arts, or AI Ethicists.
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