American Indian Tribal College Distributed Learning Infrastructure in Computing -- Phase I: Strengthening TCU-CIS Through Planning

美国印第安人高等教育联盟（AIHEC）获得了一个特别项目奖，以启动一个规划过程，以加强和扩大全国35所部落学院和大学的计算机和信息科学（CIS）计划。 该项目包括一个为期2天的促进战略规划活动，随后是正在进行的虚拟协作规划。主要重点是利用新兴技术，特别是与网络基础设施有关的技术，提供获得分布式教育和支助服务的机会。制定的计划将包括个人机构CIS计划改进，协作计划开发，以及分布式学术计划资源和课程的开发和共享的战略。这一规划过程的预期成果是在整个部落学院机构中引入更高级别的CIS方案。

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) has recieved a Special Projects award to initiate a planning process to strengthen and expand the Computer and Information Science (CIS) programs at the nation's 35 Tribal Colleges and Universities. The project includes a 2-day facilitated strategic planning event followed by ongoing virtual collaborative planning. The main focus is the use of emerging technologies, particularly those associated with cyberinfrastructure, to provide access to distributed education and support services. Developed plans will include strategies for individual institutional CIS program improvement, collaborative program development, and the development and sharing of distributed academic program resources and curriculum. The expected outcome of this planning process is the introduction of higher level CIS programs throughout the Tribal College institutions.