Manufacturing Case Study  

How a Rural BioTech Manufacturing Program Grew from 1 Woman to 13 in One Year & Dramatically Increased Retention of ALL Students

Manufacturing Case Study

Mt. Wachusett Community College, MA

Analytical Lab Quality Systems (BioTech Manufacturing)

"The WomenTech Educators Training was very eye-opening and it provided a vehicle and framework to focus our efforts.  It gets you to think about what it takes to be successful.

The most valuable aspect of the training was building our team! Getting a group of people focused and thinking about retention was a good thing. Getting the institutional buy-in is critical.


When our team first participated in the WomenTech Educators Training, we were focused on the BioTech Manufacturing program, but we built that up and we've now translated the training to our other Manufacturing programs with a similar approach.”


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Dr. John Henshaw

This multimedia case study includes actual outreach materials and a detailed description of recruitment events and retention strategies. 

Dean of Workforce Development at Mt. Wachusett Community College and Project Director for Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing TechHire Collaborative

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