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"I had nothing but positive things to say during that time, but that was before the promises were broken." She says a Howard West program leader promised to match an offer from Apple, which would pay for her senior year, but she found herself instead with unpaid bills and a sour experience. While she said she enjoyed the program in general, she and other participants often felt that Google's ambitions for the program took precedent over the needs of participants. The program is one of many initiatives the tech industry has undertaken to improve diversity in its workforce. Today, only 3.7% of ...

by Special — January 28, 2021 . Editor’s note: LimeLight is a new feature from WRAL TechWire offering another means of publishing noteworthy news. Be sure to check out more LimeLight worthy news at this link. 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 ...