by Special — January 28, 2021 .
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Google today announced the expansion of the Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program into sixteen new Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including North Carolina Central University and Saint Augustine’s University in North Carolina. Through a $1 million investment in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the program provides digital skills workshops in HBCU career centers to help Black students prepare for the workforce. Announced in October, the initiative’s goal is to reach 20,000 students during the current school year. Today’s announcement brings the number of participating schools to twenty. The program will be available to all HBCUs by fall 2021.