Apple Co-Founder's Woz U Aims to Train Tech Workers, Affordably
13 October 2017 - 11:51PM
Dow Jones News
By Austen Hufford
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak has formed a relationship
with a for-profit university to help people enter into the
technology workforce.
Mr. Wozniak is working with Southern Careers Institute to launch
Woz U, an education program to help people enter into the tech
workforce quickly and affordably. It will also provide services to
companies, helping them connect with potential hires and provide
training resources to their employees.
"Our goal is to educate and train people in employable digital
skills without putting them into years of debt," Mr. Wozniak, who
invented the Apple II computer and founded the company with Steve
Jobs in 1976, said in prepared remarks.
This year, a number of coding boot camps have closed in a
shakeout in the fast-growing industry. For-profit education
companies and investors poured funds into coding programs in recent
years as they sought a foothold in the ballooning demand for a
computer-savvy workforce. The camps aim to turn people with little
or no programming experience into entry-level computer programmers
over several weeks or months.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Woz U launched Friday with online
programs and plans to add campuses in more than 30 cities.
One of the organization's programs will work with tech companies
to recruit and train people through subscription-based curriculum
and on-site customized programs. Another program will provide
school districts with materials to expose younger students to
digital engineering concepts.
In March 2016, Mr. Wozniak was appointed innovator-in-residence
at High Point University, a liberal arts college in High Point,
N.C. With the title, he has made visits to the school to speak with
students and faculty.
Southern Careers Institute was founded in 1960 and is based in
Austin, Texas.
Write to Austen Hufford at austen.hufford@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 13, 2017 08:36 ET (12:36 GMT)
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