California Community College Biotechnology Initiative

1. 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

2. 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.)

3. “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

4. 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

5. 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

6. California Has Nine Regional Economies ~200 m ~ 900 miles 155,959 sq mi From - www.labor.ca.gov

7. North Carolina Florida ~500 miles • 53,821 sq miles (5,103 sq mi of water) • Population 8,049,313 people ~185 miles

8. 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

9. 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

10. Geographical Regions & Directors • North Valley & Mountain • Northern • San Joaquin • Central Coast • LA-Orange County • Southern 1 2 3 4 5 6

11. North Valley and Mountain Biotechnology Center Dr. Jeffery O’Neal 15 Colleges

12. Northern California Biotechnology Center Dr. Edie Leonhardt Professor Jim DeKloe Co-directors (photos not available) 27 Colleges

13. San Joaquin Biotechnology Center Richard Gillis, JD 14 Colleges

14. Central Coast Biotechnology Center 8 Colleges Dr. James Harber

15. Los Angeles/Orange County Biotechnology Center Dr. Wendie Johnston 27 Colleges

16. Southern California Biotechnology Center Dr. Sandra Slivka 14 Colleges

17. 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

18. 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 Issues, dilemmas and conundrums

19. 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

20. 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?

21. 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?

22. 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

23. 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

24. Partnerships – the only path to success • 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

25. 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

26. 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: mphuxley@vcccd.net