Coding and tech boot camps were meant to lower the barrier to entry and promote diversity. But statistical data proves otherwise. Women and people of color are still the heavy minority. Graduates and ...
For years, STEM fields have been known to favor a certain type of student, and that student typically isn’t young, working class, or Black. There’s also evidence to suggest it’s not just colleges that ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new technology-driven initiative, powered by Microsoft, aims to introduce kids to coding, while hoping to increase minority representation within the field. The new program ...
*Ne-Yo is among the boosters for Holberton School, a year-old academy for software engineers that features free tuition and no formal teachers. The school announced Thursday that the crooner invested ...
Many feel boot camps have fallen short on their goal to solve tech's diversity and skills gaps. Now the coding boot camp Flatiron School is partnering with companies to pay student tuition. 270 Amazon ...
Diversity in the workplace means employing people of different ages, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, and education levels. Not only is diversity crucial for creativity ...
Gyehyon is a Venture Capital Founder, CEO & President of MVLASF, a forum for successful executives & entrepreneurs, and a published author. Why is diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in AI critical ...
Household-name companies, like Walmart and Meta, have scaled back diversity, equity and inclusion goals in recent months. These brands are part of a widespread retreat happening across corporate ...
The responses from the almost 12,000 journalists surveyed suggest that newsroom diversity is a work in progress: Journalists give their news organizations mixed grades on how well they are doing in ...