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Howard University, a historically black institution located in Washington, D.C., will open a branch located within Google's campus/HQ in Mountain View, California:
Silicon Valley's leading tech companies have long been stumped over how to diversify. Despite efforts to recruit and retain black and Latino engineers, the numbers haven't budged much, if at all. Google is trying a new tack. The company announced Thursday it is creating a college campus at its Mountain View headquarters that's geared toward students at historically black colleges and universities.
The campus, called Howard West, will launch this summer in partnership with Howard University of Washington, D.C. About 25 to 30 rising Howard juniors and seniors majoring in computer science will qualify for the program's first 12-week program, which will be taught by senior Google engineers and Howard faculty. "Howard West will continue Howard's tradition of providing historically unprecedented access to opportunity, only now with a 21st century twist: Literal real estate at the center of the digital economy," Bonita Stewart, Google's vice president of global partnerships, said in a statement.
Experts believe the partnership is the first of its kind within the tech industry. "At face value, it seems like Google is invested in this," said Jane Stout, an official with the Computing Research Association, a Washington group that studies diversity issues in tech. Google is "putting their money where their mouth is. They are trying something that is pretty revolutionary," Stout said. The program will take place at existing Google buildings. Students will not need to pay extra tuition to attend Howard West and will be given a stipend and support for housing, provided by Howard, which is well aware of the sky-high rental prices in Silicon Valley. The intention is for Howard West to be open to students at other historically black universities and colleges starting in the summer of 2018.
Google announcement. Also at CNN Money.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @08:40PM (4 children)
Right or it could be that those students graduate with 2.0 gpa. Good luck getting a job running cable with those grades, let alone writing software. NPR is a leftist propaganda outlet, I would not believe it if they said water is wet. The standard M.O. of the left is find something which does not have a immediately visible explanation due to lack of information on the subject and make it about race.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday March 27 2017, @08:51PM
Well, that sure convinces me that you have a good method of evaluating evidence! Because it sounds to me like you're saying that if a leftist propaganda outlet (say, the New York Times) says bears poop in the woods, you are now thoroughly convinced that they don't.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @03:40AM (2 children)
Go ahead and link to something where they spoke about worker-owned cooperatives--especially in a positive light.
Nope. NPR is Right-Wing; it doesn't clear the center line on the political palate.
If you knew what "Left" means, you wouldn't look so foolish.
NPR is Capitalist-friendly.
They do everything they can to not annoy their corporate "underwriters".
Specifically, that means not criticizing businesses (current sponsors or potential sponsors).
They also don't report on protests by Progressives.
NPR doesn't come anywhere close to the mark for anyone on the actual Left.
When I want to hear non-corporate stuff, I go to 100 percent listener-supported Pacifica Radio.
Michael Slate (Revolutionary Communist Party), Eric Mann ("Voices from the Front Lines"; labor activist), Jim Lafferty (The Lawyers Guild; Socialist), Richard D. Wolff (Professor of Comparative Economics; Socialist), and Blase Bonpane (practitioner of Liberation Theology) for starters.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @07:25AM (1 child)
*Blaise Bonpane
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @06:28PM
No, it was correct as written.
He doesn't spell his the same way as Pascal.
I've double-checked that before. [google.com]
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