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Google already teaches us many things, like how to properly cut a pineapple.
All courses are remote and flexible for working students and can be completed in about six months.
Aside from being convenient and practical, there’s a revolutionary aspect to the certificates program.
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Google will view the short courses as equivalent to a traditional four-year degree in its own hiring process.
Coursework through conventional higher learning may provide these skills, but Google wishes to create a different path.
Kent Walker, Senior Vice President of Global Affairs,explains the rationale in a blog post.
In 2018, the first Google certificate was launchedthe Google IT Certificate Programand proved extremely popular.
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There is a philanthropic component to the program, too.
Google has committed to providing 100,000 scholarships as well as hundreds of apprenticeships to further build workers' skills.
Certificates will also be available through partnerships at high schools and community colleges.
Google views the expansion of its certificate program as part of America’s national economic recovery.
A consortium of companies has joined with Google, interested in hiring from the promising forthcoming graduates.
Check out Google’s newcertificate offeringsand enroll in the popular Google IT Certificate throughCoursera.
