Exclusive: Google expands Howard West to train more black coders

Google is opening a university in California to train African-American computer science majors in intensive coding instruction. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland). Google is opening up the Howard West program to 100 students from Howard and other historically black universities and colleges for a full academic year starting this fall. SAN FRANCISCO -- Last summer, Howard University dispatched 26 students to Google's Mountain View, Calif., campus for an intensive 12-week course on coding. The experimental test run boosted students' technical chops and their confidence, and now -- starting in the fall -- the Internet giant is opening the program to 100 students from Howard and other historically black colleges and universities for a full academic year.