Singularity University Announces Google Support for Increased Global Access and Diversity in Tech
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Singularity University (SU), the technology-focused education institute and global business accelerator has announced a new multi-million dollar agreement with Google aimed at breaking down barriers to technology innovation by creating opportunities for a more diverse group of entrepreneurs from around the world.
Through the agreement, Google will provide $1.5 million annually for the next two years to help fund qualified and selected candidates to SU’s flagship Graduate Studies Program (GSP) – a 10-week immersive experience that educates and empowers the best minds to use exponential technologies to solve the world’s greatest challenges. While SU’s sponsored Global Impact Competitions (GIC) winners will continue to comprise a substantial portion of the GSP class, the new Google funding will enable SU to also make the remaining seats in the program available free of charge to direct applicants. GSP participants are engaged in twelve tracks of exponential technology development and mentored by leaders and investors in the technology sector with the focus of abating poverty and creating innovative solutions in the areas of clean energy, water, education, security, and healthcare.
Applications are now open for the 2015 Graduate Studies Program through SU’s Direct Admission online application: http://apply2015.singularityu.org/
Recently MapR made Hadoop training and certification available for free and now Google is supporting Singularity University to make it free as well.
A marked contrast to state supported colleges and universities where tuition continues to rise faster than inflation. Not to mention educational loans, which are made at no risk to lenders, continue to burden students for years after graduation.
What does the “free market” know about the return on education that the “public sector” seems to have forgotten?
Rather than investing $trillions in the pursuit of terrorist bogeymen, paying off all student debt and making higher education free for everyone would be a much better investment.