College of Texas System and Coursera Increase Micro-credential Program Partnership to Embrace UT’s Well being Establishments
By Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO
Profession paths are evolving, even for superior healthcare professionals. In right this moment’s aggressive and fast-changing job market, these with specialised information, high-demand skilled expertise, and a willingness to be taught will stand out.
Right now, we’re excited to announce the enlargement of our partnership with the College of Texas System (UT System) to supply almost 15,000 college students enrolled at UT Well being Houston, UT Well being San Antonio, UT MD Anderson Most cancers Heart, UT Medical Department, and UT Southwestern Medical Heart entry to our high-demand Skilled Certificates, freed from price.
Within the U.S., Texas is ranked second for employment of healthcare professionals. With Coursera’s Profession Academy, UT college students can put together for careers shaping the way forward for biotechnology and biosciences in private and non-private sectors, with coaching from the world’s high corporations together with Google, IBM, and Microsoft. As healthcare turns into extra digital, many knowledge and enterprise credentials can improve {qualifications} for healthcare positions, whereas software program and IT expertise will likely be required to handle affected person portals, telehealth platforms, cellular apps, and AI integration into varied administrative, diagnostic, and remedy processes.
The UT-Coursera “Texas Credentials for the Future” program stays probably the most in depth industry-recognized micro-credential program within the nation. Greater than 255,000 college students throughout UT’s 9 tutorial establishments now have free entry to over 45 Skilled Certificates, equipping them with job-ready expertise in quite a lot of fields with out prior work expertise. To this point, college students have spent greater than 111,000 studying on-line and finishing greater than 18,300 programs.
In a current Coursera world survey, 94% of college leaders stated they imagine micro-credentials can strengthen college students’ long-term profession outcomes. The report additionally discovered greater charges of satisfaction and engagement with college students enrolled in these packages.
We’re excited to increase our partnership with the UT System to supply {industry} microcredentials to all college students from all UT establishments, enriching the broad-based curriculum and making ready graduates to grow to be future leaders in varied industries.
Rollout schedules for college kids, college, employees, and alumni will fluctuate by establishment. For extra details about Texas Credentials for the Future, go to utsystem.edu/websites/texas-microcredentials.
To be taught extra about Coursera for Campus, go to coursera.org/campus.
