Why community

1. Linnea Fletcher

2. Why Should You Publish?
 Is it important for getting tenure?
 Does it improve your standing in the biotechnology or
biology community?
 It is important for several reasons:
 If we don’t publish, we do not exist
 If we don’t publish, community colleges continue to remain
invisible
What to publish and where? AAAS Science Education
section, Cell Biology Education-Life Sciences, ASM, What
other journals? http://www.lifescied.org/

3. Reports and Articles To Read and
Share with Colleagues
 Vision and Change –http://www.pulsecommunity.org/
 Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and
 Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
 Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM
EducationLandscape: Summary of a Summit
 ENGAGE TO EXCEL: PRODUCING ONE MILLION ADDITIONAL
COLLEGE GRADUATES WITH DEGREES IN
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS as
reported to the President by the President’s Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology, February 2012