Google Announces New Degree Program
Colleges should pay attention.
Google Announced New Degree Programs
Google's new Career Certificates program is changing higher education by offering a new alternative to traditional four-year university degrees. Google is trying to solve the mismatch between the jobs that are available and the people who need them.
The search giant said it considers the certificates as the equivalent of a four-year degree for related roles in data analytics, project management, and UX design certificates.
Google said that 58% of IT Certificate learners identify as Black, Latino, female or veteran, all groups that are underrepresented in the tech industry.
The Big Picture: There is a growing need to break from the four year tradition for some specialized positions in, data analytics, project management and ux design. College is extremely expensive for American families and out of reach for more than half of the population. Resumes and jobs requiring degrees are missing diverse backgrounds and opinions. Some of the best developers I have hired in my career were self taught, others had majored in areas that had very little to do with the job they were hired for.