The Alamo Colleges District is providing six-month scholarships to its UpSkill/Career Academy to students enrolled in Codeup, the coding bootcamp that suddenly shut down last week.
Alamo Colleges District Chancellor Mike Flores said in a statement Friday that the college had invested in the academy for a situation like this.
Codeup students and employees learned via email on Dec. 28 that all classes would be canceled. A cohort that had completed coursework would still receive “Certificates of Completion.”
“The Alamo Colleges is proud to be able to make this offer to Codeup students through our UpSkill program,” Flores said. “We have invested in our micro-credentialing infrastructure for moments like these when students need a quality, on-demand learning experience.”
Proof of recent enrollment at Codeup will be required to take advantage of the program, which students can find on the ACD website. The course offerings, which do not include an instructor, are online, on-demand and self-paced. Instructor-led experiences are also available for former Codeup students but are not included in the no-cost options provided through Coursera, according to the ACD website.
Students may pursue one or more professional certificates in 30 careers including front-end developer, data analyst, data scientist and IT project manager, the release said. The district also said it would provide a dedicated enrollment coach to support each former Codeup student.
The program is available through a partnership with Coursera, a global online learning platform, according to the college.
Both new students and workers looking to learn new skills can benefit from the academy, which allows students to complete career training at their own pace, at any time and entirely online. The timeline for most participants can be as short as six months, according to the college.
