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Biological Technologies Initiative
Mary Pat Huxley - Director
California Community
College Biotechnology
Initiative
Forsyth Community College
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
23 June 2005
Mary Pat Huxley
For perspective, some relevant
facts about California
• About 33 million people live in California in
several ethnic groups, none that are a
majority
• About 2.9 million people attend community
college either part-time or full-time.
Compressing these attendees into full-time
equivalent students yields a count of 1.5
million full-time equivalent (FTE) students.
(Note that 2.9 million people equals or exceeds the population of
19 different states in the U.S., according to 2000 census data.)
“Higher Education and access for all
eligible students is a key cornerstone
of our economic competitiveness.”
Stephen Levy, Center for the Continuing Study
of the California Economy
Access to Higher Education
• Three state-funded institutions of higher
education in California:
– 10 Universities of California (research predominant)
– 23 California State Universities (teaching and
teacher training focused, less research) and
– 110 CCCs and their satellite campuses. (7% of U.S.
Community Colleges)
• Almost every Californian can commute to a
nearby community college or one of its satellite
campuses.
• Higher education is accessible
Some relevant facts about biotech
industry in California
• 50% of US Biotech companies, revenues,
and employees
• employee numbers vary, depending*
• New employees* per year in biotech ~10,000
*See the White Paper
California Has Nine
Regional Economies
~200 m
~ 900 miles
155,959 sq mi
From - www.labor.ca.gov
North Carolina
Florida
~500 miles
• 53,821 sq miles
(5,103 sq mi of
water)
• Population
8,049,313
people
~185 miles
The CCC Biotech Initiative
• Integral part of the Economic and
Workforce Development Program,
which is how the CCCs fulfill one of
three legally mandated missions (transfer,
vocation/community, EWD)
• Six centers geographically defined,
including all colleges in that area –
these “boundaries” are quite permeable
The CCC Biotech Initiative
• Voice for the 110 colleges for biotech
matters as well as those with specific
biotech curricula
– Sometimes part of other bio courses
– Or a capstone biotech course
– Or a full program in biotech
Geographical Regions & Directors
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North Valley & Mountain
Northern
San Joaquin
Central Coast
LA-Orange County
Southern
North Valley and Mountain
Biotechnology Center
15 Colleges
Dr. Jeffery O’Neal
Northern California
Biotechnology Center
Dr. Edie Leonhardt
Professor Jim DeKloe
Co-directors
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27 Colleges
San Joaquin
Biotechnology Center
14 Colleges
Richard Gillis, JD
Central Coast Biotechnology
Center
8 Colleges
Dr. James Harber
Los Angeles/Orange County
Biotechnology Center
27 Colleges
Dr. Wendie Johnston
Southern California
Biotechnology Center
14 Colleges
Dr. Sandra Slivka
Resources on the CCC Biotech
Web site
• White Paper
• California Careers in Biotechnology: a
Counselors Guide to the Best Jobs - pdf
• Other links
• Geographic map of the Center regions
• All 110 colleges, including about one-third
that have biotech courses/programs
• Curricula is a project with Bio-Link, visit their
site www.bio-link.org
Issues, dilemmas and conundrums
• Informing both employers and potential trainees know
this biotech education and training is available
• Funding for expensive equipment – the roll of grants
and donations
• Well-trained instructors – especially knowing how the
“inside” of a biotech company really works
• Skills the industry wants are actually being taught
• Workplace competency skills (“soft” skills)
• Knowing where the jobs are
• Knowing where the jobs are going to be
Dichotomies
• Motivations
– “The bottom line” in industry
– The instructional mode in education
• Skill sets and education
– Learn the fundamentals math (often including
statistics), biology, chemistry, other sciences
– Have the real hands-on skills for industrial setting
• Education level/degrees
– Belief that a bachelor degree is the minimum
education to “do well” in biotech
– Belief that only 18-20 year-olds sans degrees
attend CCCs
How to [Continually] Determine
Desired Employee Competencies
• What bio-related industry(ies) are in our
area?
• What skill sets do they need?
• What scientific understanding do they
need that support the skills?
• How soon?
What Do We Need to Meet the
Industry’s Desired Competencies?
• Do we have the resources, facilities and
personnel to meet these needs?
• If not, can we generate them?
• Who are our partners? What is/are their
role(s)?
• Who will create and maintain these
partnerships?
What has been helpful in California to create
and maintain biotech programs in the CCCs
• Legislative Mandate and Support
– Relevant section of California Education Code in
Appendix A of the White Paper
– “Strengthen the California Community Colleges
economic and workforce development infrastructure
which delivers education and training services to
businesses and workers in key growth industries and
new technologies” - California State Senate Democratic
2004 Economic Development Strategy Report
Governor’s Support
– “Creating and retaining jobs - and the businesses that
provide them - must be a priority.”
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
2004 State of the State Address
What has been helpful in California to create
and maintain biotech programs in the CCCs
• Regional surveys – formal and informal
• Chats with industry people
• Information from Small Business Development
Centers
• Industry associations
• Sharing lab space with start-up company
• Industry internships for faculty members
• Workshops
• Employment Development Department and the
Labor Market Information Division
Partnerships – the only path to
success
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WIBS
Local economic development folks
County and private crime labs
Agricultural groups – growers, plant tissue culture labs, University
Cooperative Extension, UC Davis
Local companies – pharmaceutical, medical devices,
biofuel/biodiesel, DNA fingerprinting, nanotechnology
Industry associations – Biotechnology Industry Organization,
National Agricultural Biotechnology Counci, Southern California
Biomedical Council, BIOCOM, Ventura Coast Biotechnology
Institute
Other colleges and universities, public and private
National and state educational groups in biotech such as Bio-Link
and CSUPERB (California State University Program in Education
and Research in Biotechnology)
Legislators
Federal Agencies – National Science Foundation, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Labor, Department of Education,
Department of Commerce
Resource Web Sites
Only three are listed as each one has links to many
other related Web sites
• www.cccewd.net – the Web site with all ten of the
Economic and Workforce Development (EWD)
Program industry cluster initiatives
• www.cccbiotech.org – the Web site for the CCC
Biotechnology Initiative (one of ten industry cluster
initiatives in the EWD for the CCCs)
• www.bio-link.org – the Web site for the National
Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education
Center in Biotechnology for the nation’s Community
Colleges
Thank you – I am charmed
to be your guest!
Contact information
Mary Pat Huxley
State Director, Biotech
4667 Telegraph Road
Ventura, CA 93003
Biotechnology Initiative
California Community College
Economic and Workforce Development Program
Voice (805) 648 8977
Fax (805 648 8988
Email: [email protected]