Professor Sylvia Saunders believes that students should see the real life applications of what they study. In her biology class, for example, she introduced students to the Human Genome Project and assigned them a research project on the topic. But for Professor Saunders, the best research is practical, so when an opportunity arose for her...
More than ever, community college students – particularly older students – appeal to recruiters at some of the country’s most prestigious four-year colleges, because of their maturity, diversity of experience, and motivation
Cristina Lu was curious: what had become of other BMCC students like herself after they graduated and what impact did BMCC have on their lives? Lu decided to find out, so asked her biology professor, Ruth Herz, if she could do a research project under Herz's supervision. They contacted some of Herz's former students. After...
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor under the JTPA initiative to assess employer skill needs for workers in New York City»s high tech industry. The college will also lead efforts to determine the gap between those needs and the skills available in the regional...
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) has been awarded a five-year, $975,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The award will help fund Upward Bound, a program that assists high school students in preparing for and graduating from college.
Eighty-seven colleges and universities providing child care services to low income students will now receive a $4.9-million helping hand from the federal government, thanks to the director of Borough of Manhattan Community College's Early Childhood Center.
