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Press Release September 10, 2021

Per Scholas To Launch Women In Tech Software Engineering Apprenticeship

At a ceremony held at Per Scholas’s Philadelphia Campus yesterday afternoon, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty J. Walsh named Per Scholas one of five new Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations grant recipients towards women in tech. Joining Secretary Walsh at the announcement was Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Director Wendy Chun-Hoon.

Press Coverage April 12, 2021

Equitable Apprenticeships: Pioneering a More Inclusive Future of Work

Per Scholas and TEKsystems partnered to train, educate and certify underrepresented communities in the tech sector, allowing employers to access a more diverse workforce. Per Scholas partners with TEKsystems in the fight to overcome the digital divide between Americans.

Press Coverage April 7, 2021

Job Training That’s Free Until You’re Hired Is a Blueprint for Biden

We need investment in workforce development programs to help bridge the skills divide in America. Per Scholas is Honored to be included in the New York Times article among other programs supporting workforce training. Per Scholas offers fully cost-free tech training that builds skilled tech talent and connects our graduates to tech employment opportunities across the country.

News March 30, 2021

Google.org Provides Per Scholas with a $1.5 Million Grant to Advance an Equitable Recover

As we mark one year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic put tens of millions of Americans out of work, we’re starting to see signs of hope. But while vaccinations and reopenings suggest a return of normalcy, many of our most vulnerable community members risk being left behind.

Press Release March 29, 2021

Per Scholas and ITSMF Refresh Diverse by Design with Dedicated Director to Drive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Across Technology

Diverse by Design, powered by Per Scholas and ITSMF, promotes solutions-driven conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion within tech, produces meaningful content that empowers c-suite leaders to make both valuable and socially impactful business decisions, and provides access to sophisticated customized training and talent sourcing solutions to meet companies’ talent demands while transforming the diversity landscape of their organizations.

News March 26, 2021

Seven Funders Look to the STARs to Advance Economic Mobility and Racial Equity

With growing awareness of the disparate impact labor market practices have on STARs, this funding round affirms the promise of a STARs-centered approach to address both economic mobility and race equity. Importantly, we are dedicating a portion of this funding to support STARs-focused initiatives in partnership with organizations such as Per Scholas and the SkillUp Coalition.

News March 18, 2021

Update on Coronavirus

News March 15, 2021

Per Scholas & WGU Innovative Partnership Can Be a Pathway to a College Degree for Per Scholas Alumni.

We are so proud and excited to be partnering with Western Governors University (WGU). Listen in as Per Scholas Chief Impact Officer, Bridgette Gray, speaks with Rebecca Watts, Regional Vice President, WGU in this interview with Philadelphia radio station WURD, the only African-American owned and operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania (and one of only three remaining in the country), talking about this innovative partnership.

Press Coverage March 3, 2021

Per Scholas and Capgemini partner to provide technical training to underrepresented communities. In this podcast, Damien Howard discusses the positive impact of the Per Scholas & Capgemini partnership on learners.

Interview with the Executive Vice President of Social Ventures at Per Scholas, Damien Howard. Per Scholas is a Digital Academy partner of Capgemini that provides technical training to underrepresented communities. Capgemini is proud to support Per Scholas through our MLK Day of Service events as well as by welcoming over 50 Per Scholas students into internships at Capgemini. Listen to what some of those interns have to say about their experience at Capgemini.

Press Coverage February 23, 2021

Per Scholas partners with tech leaders to offer tech training programs that help Americans overcome the digital divide.

Attuned to racial inequities and the benefits of diversity, some IT leaders are overhauling pipelines, rethinking retention, and encouraging Black IT pros to grow their networks and careers.