1. College/Industry Relationships Benefit All
STEMtech - Orlando
November 1, 2010
Doug Drabble , Forsyth Tech Community College
Richard Hansen, Maricopa Community Colleges

2. Agenda Why collaborate with industry? Why Collaborate?
Life Sciences Training Initiative – Forsyth Tech
High Tech Workforce Initiative – Maricopa CCs
Who Benefits?
Questions

3. Why collaborate? Build enrollments Donate equipment
Gain insight into industry trends
Leverage their facilities/equipment
Garner their support for grants
Increase visibility in the community
Validate current curriculum content
Provide demand data for new programs
Assist in outreach efforts

4. Who are the clients?
K-12: establish outreach programs and events to establish interest in unknown career paths
Transitional workers: develop programs that can develop introductory skills for an identified industry
Businesses: Establish a network within the identified industry and use them for guidance and support when
Incumbent workers: develop programs that can increase the skills of individuals working within the identified industry.

5. Life Sciences Training Initiative
Identify a Need
Be specific and have the necessary experience to back the program, get help
Support it
Ensure that there is adequate funding to make an impact, look externally
Deliver
Academia and Industry have different timescales, adopt theirs

6. NCCCS BioNetwork initiative
BioNetwork is a state funded organization that supports the life science industry through the 58 community colleges within the state of North Carolina
Develop a short course curriculum transferable to anywhere in the state
Identified industry experts to support the development of the program

7. Supported Disciplines
Biopharmaceutical
Fine & Specialty
Chemicals
Proteomics
Forensic
Toxicology
Medical Device
Clinical
Environmental
Food Testing
Biofuels
Cosmetics
Pharmaceutical
Polymers

8. Analytical Training Center Idea

9. Analytical Training Center Idea

10. Analytical Training Center

11. Mobile Training Center Idea
Tractor and trailer for portable training in advanced analytical systems - anywhere
Approx. 650 square feet of training space for analytical equipment or supportive training
Looking at options for processing our own biodiesel, analyzing and using it

12. Student Stats
In the last 12 months, 1,350 students have received training through our short courses
We offered 94 sponsorships to our courses for college and university students and teachers
We are currently working with a schedule for 1,154 students over the next six months
We are negotiating programs and contracts for another 7,531 students over the next two year period
Our proposed mobile training facility has a maximum potential of supporting an additional 2,300 students annually

13. Maricopa Community Colleges High Tech Workforce Initiative
Catalyst
Critical workforce shortages in key industry segments
Enrollments in technology programs declined 19% from 2000 to 2006.
2006 High Technology Labor Study
Demand for technicians in five key high tech industry segments expect to grow by 24% over the next 2-4 years starting in 2006.
Finding and retaining key technical talent is critical challenge
National Science Foundation ATE Funded Project
Faculty Development
Curriculum Development
Student (Outreach) Development
Faculty Development – aka Industry Based Externship
Close the content gap between skills that industries needs and the competencies we are teaching.
Two to six week onsite assignments
Two to four week curriculum development (module, lab, course)

14. Maricopa Community Colleges High Tech Workforce Initiative 1.0
Completed 15 faculty externships
Sixteen courses/labs created or modified impacting over 1,300 students to date
Carbon Sequestration, Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Alternative Energy, Design For Manufacturing, Advanced Logistics,………..
Curriculum Reform
Two new programs of study introduced, Alternative Energy (EUN) and Automation Technology (ATP)
Twenty-one (21) courses converted to hybrid format
Increased technology program enrollments by 3 percent
Semester enrollments had continually decreased from 2000 to 2006
HTWI Quarterly Newsletters sent to over 1,200 non-Maricopa recipients
Comprehensive District-wide Branding and Marketing
Azhightech.com
Hardcopy materials, common look and fell
Post-externship webinars to further expand visibility of efforts
Faculty member awarded 2010 Educator Of the Year by EE (Electronic Engineering) Times
Nominated by Industry, based On Externship activity
First community college faculty to ever receive the award

15. Maricopa Community Colleges High Tech Workforce Initiative 2.0
What’s Next – HTWI 2.0
2nd three year NSF funded ATE grant
Focus on emerging technologies
Mandates crucial input from industry
Externships at early adopters, universities, and NSF ATE Centers
Adding Secondary faculty and STEM Faculty to externships

16. Who Benefits Students Industry Parents Career Center staff Faculty
Publicly Funded Workforce System
Administration
Regional and local economic development entities
Secondary colleagues

17. Questions ? Doug Drabble ddrabble@forsythtech.edu www.ncbionetwork.org
Rick Hansen