Students learning cell culture.
The biotech industry is ramping up production. In some states, like North Carolina, companies are talking about hiring 100's of people, and maybe as many as 5000, total. On the one hand, this is great news for the industry and for biotech education programs. On the other hand, for biotech programs that graduate fewer than twenty students a year, this increased demand might prove too much of a good thing. If the community college biotech programs are unable to meet industry demand, industry might look elsewhere.
Montgomery College, in Germantown, Maryland, has found an innovative... Read more