Alabama NewsCenter: IBM Provides Miles College With $2 Million for Tech Training

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By The Birmingham Times

Miles College announced a $2 million collaboration with IBM to help students and faculty develop technology skills. The partnership will help train students and instructors in artificial intelligence, blockchain, data science, cybersecurity, cloud and quantum computing.

“Miles College celebrates IBM’s leadership in recognizing the value of investing in HBCU (historically Black colleges and universities) students as current and future leaders and innovators in the technology workforce,” said Miles College President Bobbie Knight. “While the digital divide has historically placed many students at a technological disadvantage, this initiative will absolutely help narrow that gap.”

Equal access to skills and jobs is the key to unlocking economic opportunity and prosperity for diverse populations, said IBM’s Valinda Scarbro Kennedy.

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