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Written by members of our Women@ Employee Resource Group: Jade Wang, Shikha Sharma, Cassidy Dadaos, Gintare Balseviciute, and Shubhangi Sood. Coursera’s Women@ Employee Resource Group (ERG) is focused on creating an environment where women thrive – one that attracts, develops, and retains top female talent, especially in areas in which women are currently underrepresented.  Women@ is…

Meet Grace, a former fashion designer who’s boldly paving a new path for herself in computer science. Inspired by the example of mathematician Amalie Emmy Noether—and determined to overcome her math anxiety to be a good role model for her daughter—she started taking courses online. It wasn’t easy balancing learning with her family responsibilities, and…

By Shwetabh Mittal, Senior Director, Product Management Automation and the COVID-19 recession have created a “double-disruption” scenario for workers that will drastically transform tasks, jobs, and skills for the foreseeable future. In fact, according to the World Economic Forum, eighty-five million jobs will be displaced by 2025, and forty-seven percent of core skills will change for…

Written by members of our Womxn in Tech Employee Resource Group: Yujia Cao, Rachel Liao, Olwen Puralena, Carolane Bonhaume, Như Lâm, and Emily T.  Coursera’s Womxn in Tech (WiT) Employee Resource Group (ERG) aims to create an environment where women in product, data science, design, engineering, or any roles requiring technical skills, are equally represented,…

Meet Hillary, a marketing freelancer and aspiring entrepreneur who’s learning from the Philippines. She started learning on Coursera at the beginning of the pandemic last year with the goal to gain news skills and boost her resume while in quarantine. Now she not only feels more confident in her marketing skills, she’s also getting ready…

We are outraged and heartbroken by the ongoing acts of violence, most recently the tragic shooting in Atlanta, as well as the long-standing discrimination against Asian communities in the US and globally. Our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of these victims, as well as every member of the Asian and Pacific…

By Nancy Wang, Jenny Wolochow, Melody Liu, Terri Czerwinski, and Saummya Kaushal. Product management has emerged as an essential role for any company seeking to deliver outstanding user experiences by creating products that people enjoy and find valuable. The product manager (PM) is the person who identifies the customer persona and leads a team to…

La felicidad es una de las aspiraciones humanas más básicas. Tanto así que se ha convertido en una medida importante de progreso social. Como activista de felicidad, estoy convencido de que cada uno puede contribuir a su propia felicidad a través del aprendizaje de nuevas habilidades y de la realización de actos de bondad espontáneos…

Happiness is one of the most basic human aspirations. It has also become an important measure of social progress. As a happiness activist, I believe each of us can improve our own happiness by learning new skills and performing acts of kindness to influence positive social change. On March 20th, the world will celebrate the…

By Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer at Coursera   The pandemic has accelerated the rate at which universities worldwide are investing in online learning. To meet learner demand and changing expectations, your institution might be deciding with a renewed conviction to bring some of your most valued credentials online — your degree programs.  Universities now…