Given biotechnology’s emergence as a major competitor in the Pittsburgh region, critically linking education to industry through the Community College of Allegheny County’s Biotechnology Workforce Collaborative (BWC) provided a well-trained workforce. The collaborative also sought to increase the number of women in the sciences, specifically biotechnology. This article discusses this program and its effects.
Topics
Analyzing data
Biochemistry
Communicating
Disciplinary Core Ideas
Disciplinary Core Ideas in Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science
Disciplinary Core Ideas in Life Science
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ETS2.A: Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology
ETS2.B: Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World
ETS2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society
Genetics
Interpreting data
Life Science
LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Science and Engineering Practices
Science as Inquiry
Science Focus
Science process skills
SEP8: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS
Using technology
Details
Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2016Stock # jcst16_045_06_11Volume 045Issue 06