Howard University has landed a $5 million grant from Google to develop and enhance tech education and workforce development, the school announced Thursday, the day after announcing it will receive $1.25 million from Apple Inc. to develop its silicon and hardware engineering curriculum.
The private research university is one of 10 historically Black colleges and universities or scholarship organizations to receive the one-time, unrestricted funding from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to support scholarships, technological infrastructure, career readiness and curriculum development.
“Initiatives like this will help to eliminate the barriers our students face as they pursue academic and professional careers in the STEM fields,” Howard President Wayne Frederick said in a statement. “We are elated that Google has taken this momentous step toward creating a more diverse tech industry workforce by investing in HBCU students.”
