{"id":83392,"date":"2022-10-16T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=83392"},"modified":"2022-10-16T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:44:14","slug":"a-tipping-point-for-higher-ed-google-launches-new-low-cost-online-programs-for-high-demand-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/10\/16\/a-tipping-point-for-higher-ed-google-launches-new-low-cost-online-programs-for-high-demand-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A tipping point for higher ed\u2019: Google launches new, low-cost online programs for high-demand jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/education\/business\/articles\/2022\/10\/13\/a-tipping-point-for-higher-ed-google-launches-new-low-cost-online-programs-for-high-demand-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>\u2018A tipping point for higher ed\u2019: Google launches new, low-cost online programs for high-demand jobs<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from fortune.com by Sydney Lake<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Higher education has benefits ranging from career development to skill building to network development\u2014but it certainly can come at a high cost. The average cost of college in the U.S. is more than $35,000 per year,\u00a0according to the Education Data Initiative. And these\u00a0students average about $37,000\u00a0in student loan debt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Lisa Gevelber, founder of Grow with Google, came to the tech giant with a proposition: Help people \u201crealize their full economic potential\u201d by offering low-cost educational programs focused on high-demand industries. In 2017, Gevelber saw her idea come to life when Google committed $1 billion toward this Grow with Google mission, and the following year the tech giant launched the Google Career Certificates.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>[On 10\/13\/22], Grow with Google takes this program a step further by developing university-industry partnerships. Grow with Google tells Fortune exclusively of the launch of its partnerships with top universities to offer specialized career certificates. These specialized programs build on Grow with Google\u2019s existing programs, but offer more industry-specific take on the material.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018A tipping point for higher ed\u2019: Google launches new, low-cost online programs for high-demand jobs &#8212; from fortune.com by Sydney Lake Excerpt: Higher education has benefits ranging from career development to skill building to network development\u2014but it certainly can come at a high cost. 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