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News August 31, 2021

Per Scholas Celebrates Inaugural Graduations in Phoenix and Seattle

Per Scholas has seen a lot of growth in 2021 as we expanded out to the west coast and welcomed our first graduates from Phoenix and Seattle! This month marks Per Scholas’s inaugural Full Stack Java Developer graduations in Phoenix and Seattle, powered by TEKsystems.

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Per Scholas graduates during their Zoom Java Developer graduation.

Press Release August 30, 2021

19 Java Developers Graduate from Inaugural Per Scholas Phoenix Cohort

19 learners successfully graduated from Per Scholas’s inaugural Full Stack Java Developer course in Phoenix, powered by TEKsystems.

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Press Coverage July 23, 2021

Per Scholas Phoenix’s Diversity Initiatives Featured in AZ Tech Beat

Per Scholas Phoenix's Managing Director, Jaclyn Boyes, discusses the diversity initiatives Per Scholas is taking in Arizona and how the focus of this training program is the equity of opportunity to pursue a career in tech. "There’s a lot of overlooked talent here — Black, brown, female talent in particular — who are unemployed or underemployed, and they can have a successful career in tech,” Boyes said.

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Map of United States highlighting new Per Scholas locations.

News May 28, 2021

West Coast, We’ve Arrived! Per Scholas Continues Nationwide Expansion

May 17 marked the first day of tech training classes in both Phoenix and Seattle, solidifying our presence on the West Coast.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.