Changing Lives: The Baltimore City Community College Life Sciences Partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore

Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) leveraged heightened student interest and enrollment in the sciences and allied health with Maryland's world-leading biotechnology industry to build a community college life sciences learning and research center right on the University of Maryland, Baltim...

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Published inCommunity college journal of research and practice Vol. 34; no. 11; pp. 936 - 938
Main Authors Carroll, Vanessa G., Harris-Bondima, Michelle, Norris, Kathleen Kennedy, Williams, Carolane
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Taylor & Francis Group 01.11.2010
Routledge
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Biological Sciences
Biotechnology
Biotechnology industry
Community Colleges
Intercollegiate Cooperation
Learning
Learning Experience
Learning Resources Centers
Life sciences
Maryland
Partnerships in Education
Program Descriptions
School Business Relationship
Technical Institutes
Universities
Maryland
United States > US
Baltimore Maryland
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Summary:Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) leveraged heightened student interest and enrollment in the sciences and allied health with Maryland's world-leading biotechnology industry to build a community college life sciences learning and research center right on the University of Maryland, Baltimore's downtown BioPark campus. The BCCC Life Sciences Institute transforms the community college learning experience for students and the surrounding community by expanding learning exponentially in partnership with the many bioscience firms located at the BioPark. For these students-many heretofore overlooked-a bioscience career is an elevator ride away.
ISSN:1066-8926
1521-0413
DOI:10.1080/10668926.2010.509663