Improving Biotechnology Outcomes Through Pre-Professional Experiences and Industry Partnerships

在过去的六年里，南加州已经成为美国领先的生物技术中心之一，重点是生物制造以及生物和化学技术。 在过去十年中，该地区的2，800家公司雇用了93，000多名工人。 为了满足工业需求，喜瑞都学院将建立喜瑞都学院生物技术倡议，目标是提供一个可访问的学术途径，以高工资的高增长潜力的工作。 生物技术倡议将创建新的证书和学位课程，提供丰富的活动，以提高认识，提供专业发展，并加强与区域雇主的伙伴关系。 这一举措应产生关于有效战略的新知识，以通过专业前的经验，最终导致更高技能的技术劳动力，创造对生物技术职业的兴趣。 喜瑞都学院将开发和实施一个学术途径与三个新的课程，将导致生物技术证书，也可用于完成副学士学位。 该项目预计每年招收42名学生。 为了吸引现有的学生进入该计划，一个新的生物技术为重点的实验室模块将在高入学率的普通生物学课程中实施，该课程以抗体检测和有效的制造实践为特色。 为了进一步支持这一倡议，化学和生物学教师将参加27小时的专业发展活动，这将增加他们对相关生物技术实验和内容的了解，并通过更个性化的“肩膀轻拍”方法优化他们招收学生的能力。 为了使学生专业化，生物技术倡议将以系列研讨会，实地考察，模拟面试和社区服务活动为特色。 一个深入的评估计划将评估该计划的成功和程度的证书和学位完成者能够满足地区雇主的需求。 该项目的成果将通过专业组织在区域范围内传播，并在全国两年制大学社区中传播。 该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Over the past six years, Southern California has become one of the nation’s leading centers for biotechnology, with a focus on biomanufacturing as well as biological and chemical technology. In the last decade, more than 93,000 workers have been hired by 2,800 companies in the region. In order to meet industrial needs, Cerritos College will establish the Cerritos College Biotechnology Initiative with the goal of providing an accessible academic pathway to high wage jobs with high growth potential. The Biotechnology Initiative will create new certificate and degree programs, offer enrichment activities to increase awareness, provide professional development, and strengthen partnerships with regional employers. This initiative should generate new knowledge regarding effective strategies to create interest in biotechnology careers through pre-professional experiences that will ultimately result in a more highly skilled technical workforce. Cerritos College will develop and implement an academic pathway with three new courses that will result in a biotechnology certificate and may also be used to complete an associate's degree. This project is expected to enroll 42 students each year. To attract current students into the program, a new biotechnology focused lab module will be implemented in the high enrollment general biology course featuring experiments on antibody testing and effective manufacturing practices. To further support the initiative, faculty from Chemistry and Biology will participate in 27 hours of professional development activities that will increase their knowledge of relevant biotechnology experiments and content, and optimize their ability to recruit students through more personalized “shoulder tap” methods. In order to professionalize students, the Biotechnology Initiative will feature a seminar series, field trips, mock interviews, and community service activities. An in-depth evaluation plan will assess the success of the program and the degree to which certificate and degree completers are able to meet the needs of regional employers. Results from the project will be disseminated regionally through professional organizations and nationally among the two-year college community. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.