Tribal College and University Profiles

部落学院和大学简介

• 批准号: 0649533
• 负责人: Paul Boyer
• 金额: $ 14.77万
• 依托单位: Salish Kootenai College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-11-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0649533&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tribal; College; University; Profiles

This project will develop, publish and disseminate areference guide to the nation?s 35 tribally controlled colleges and universities. TribalCollege and University Profiles will feature descriptions of each institution, as well asintroductory information on the history and philosophy of the tribal college movement. Inaddition, it will summarize the roleand impact of NSF-supported STEM education initiatives.The proposed reference guide supports the National Science Foundation?s STEM and capacitybuilding initiatives targeting tribal colleges. Because tribal colleges are small, ruraland underfunded, their needs and accomplishments are frequently overlooked by policymakers and funders within the public and private sectors. Publication of Tribal Collegeand University Profiles brings greater visibility to the movement and createsopportunities for tribal colleges to showcase accomplishments and identify newpartnerships.The project will result in publication of a professionally written and designed book ofapproximately 96 pages. With an anticipated print run of 4,500 copies, it will be widelydistributed among mainstream educational institutions, federal agencies, policy makers andnonprofits. The guide will also be distributed to tribal colleges, the National ScienceFoundation, and associations affiliated with the tribal college movement.

该项目将制定、出版和向全国传播参考指南？35所部落控制的学院和大学。部落学院和大学简介将介绍每个机构的特点，以及部落学院运动的历史和哲学的介绍性信息。此外，它将总结NSF支持的STEM教育计划的作用和影响。针对部落学院的STEM和能力建设倡议。由于部落学院规模小，农村和资金不足，他们的需求和成就往往被公共和私营部门的政策制定者和资助者所忽视。《部落学院和大学简介》的出版提高了该运动的知名度，并为部落学院提供了展示成就和确定新伙伴关系的机会。该项目将出版一本约96页的专业写作和设计的书。预计印刷量为4,500册，将在主流教育机构、联邦机构、政策制定者和非营利组织中广泛分发。该指南还将分发给部落学院、国家科学基金会和与部落学院运动有关的协会。