Accenture Security is the first corporate sponsor to invest in a program launching in January to bolster the nation's cybersecurity workforce.

A computer science initiative addressing workforce shortages will be piloted at Mills College in Oakland this February and other schools next summer.

The new offerings include technology specialties like analytics and cybersecurity, and focus on low enrollment costs.

In a nationally representative survey by Gallup and Strada Education Network, college students expressed overall low confidence in job preparedness.