Arizona State University has a program called AZNext, which provides free workforce training in fields like IT and cybersecurity.
Now, AZNext is teaming up with the National Center for Women and Information Technology, known as NCWIT. Together, they’ll offer both online and in-person IT training to the NCWIT community.
NCWIT’s Lauren Tomkinson said that community consists of more than 22,000 women, genderqueer and non-binary technologists from high school into the early workforce.
“We know that there is a gender gap for who is participating in computing and technology and who is creating that technology and we want to correct that gender gap," Tomkinson said.
Tomkinson said NCWIT has already seen a lot of interest in the AZNext courses.
"It’s just a really great opportunity nationwide to cut down barriers, like the cost of education can be a barrier for students," Tomkinson said.
