Five universities are now offering online courses that build on Google's career certificates.

Google.org, the search giant's philanthropic arm, is funding the University of Texas' Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance.

Grow With Google is now offering every business in the United States 500 free scholarships to its certificate program.

The Google Career Certificates Fund covers program entry fees and can provide support for other costs, like childcare and transportation.

A higher ed consortium including Google and Adobe wants to make it easier for users to optimize font and spacing online and to apply those preferences.

Schools in Connecticut have already begun putting the certificates in their programs.

The search giant developed a bank of online resources for nonprofits working with people recently released from prison.

Google will offer more than 40 new types of Chromebooks for schools this year, alongside new features to its cloud-based learning platforms.

A $1 million program co-led by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is designed to reach 20,000 students attending historically Black colleges and universities.

Google says it will consider completion of the Coursera-based programs, which begin this fall, the equivalent of a four-year college degree.