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Google creates a $100M skills training fund for low-income Americans, with loans repayable only once students obtain jobs paying at least $40K a year

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  • @mdrc_news @mdrc_news on x
    “This is a really serious effort to put philanthropic money into programs that have the elements that have proved effective,” said @lkatz42, a labor economist at @Harvard [and member of the MDRC Board of Directors]. https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @zahidi @zahidi on x
    Upskilling/reskilling programs that work: 1) focus on results such as graduates getting higher-paying jobs 2) hiring based on skills instead of college degrees 3) programs that are self-sufficient financially and less dependent on charitable support. https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.a…
  • @karan_k_bhatia Karan Bhatia on x
    Innovation at Google comes in lots of varieties. Check out this terrific new program that we've launched, with nonprofit partners, to enable 20,000 Americans to get digitally skilled and certified for the jobs of the future ... and then “pay-it-forward.” https://www.nytimes.com/.…
  • @google @google on x
    More than 70,000 Americans have completed our Google Career Certificates. Read about our new program to help more people earn these certificates and advance their careers. ↓ https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @killedbygoogle @killedbygoogle on x
    We need free education, not private companies funding this stuff. https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @saragoldrickrab Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab on x
    Meh. Why isn't this going to community colleges?? https://www.nytimes.com/...