Planning Workshop for a Regional Native American Graduate Research Center

区域美洲原住民研究生研究中心规划研讨会

• 批准号: 0836495
• 负责人: Arthur Taylor
• 金额: $ 9.96万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0836495&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Workshop; Regional; Native; American

This workshop is focused on exploring the feasibility of a Regional Native American Graduate Research Center. The workshop will engage a diverse group of stakeholders in Native American education, training, and research from the Northwest region, and from the broader U.S. Participants in this collaborative process will include leaders from Native American tribes and inter-tribal organizations in the Northwest, representatives from Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) across the western U.S., representatives from NSF-sponsored Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) projects, and administrators and faculty from the University of Idaho (UI) and other majority institutions in the western U.S. that have strong Native American programs.The workshop will explore creative, original, and potentially transformative concepts that could, in the long term, become a model for Native American graduate education, improving STEM degree attainment and strengthening the workforce. A goal of the workshop is to create a consensus vision for a magnet center for Native American graduate students to engage in research relevant to their cultural backgrounds and interests. Such an interdisciplinary center would feature research opportunities in natural resources, health, education, law and policy, and economics. On the education side, such a center would develop holistic curricula that reflect the integrated world view of Native Americans, such as forest science in the context of ecosystems, with relation to tribal health, lifestyle, law and policy.Workshop topics will include discussion on the needs of each tribe represented; discussion with the TCUs represented on what has been successful with graduating their students in STEM fields, and discussion on best practices for transitioning baccalaureate STEM graduates into graduate degree programs; discussion on research opportunities, their relevance to tribal needs, and identification of natural partners; presentation by Native American graduate students from various institutions on what has and has not worked, and what a center could do for them and their successors; a culture discussion on how a center could transform the experience of Native American graduate students; an education discussion on integration within existing curricula and new curricula; and discussion on follow-on activities, including exploration into sources of funding for a center. Discussions will be led by a facilitator, and the workshop will include an evaluation component. A final report will assimilate information from the workshop and follow-on activities, and is expected to include an initial roadmap for a center and identification of potential funding sources.

本次研讨会的重点是探讨区域美洲原住民研究生研究中心的可行性。 该研讨会将从事来自西北地区的美洲原住民教育，培训和研究的利益相关者的多元化群体，并从更广泛的美国参与者在这一合作过程将包括来自美洲原住民部落和部落间组织在西北部的领导人，来自部落学院和大学（TCU）的代表在美国西部，来自NSF赞助的路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）和研究生教育联盟和教授（AGEP）项目的代表，以及来自爱达荷州大学（UI）和美国西部其他拥有强大美洲原住民项目的多数机构的管理人员和教师。研讨会将探讨创造性，原创性和潜在的变革性概念，从长远来看，成为美国原住民研究生教育的典范，提高STEM学位的获得和加强劳动力。 该研讨会的目标是为美洲原住民研究生的磁铁中心创造一个共识愿景，以从事与他们的文化背景和兴趣相关的研究。 这样一个跨学科中心将提供自然资源、卫生、教育、法律和政策以及经济学方面的研究机会。 在教育方面，这样一个中心将编制反映美洲土著人综合世界观的综合课程，例如生态系统中的森林科学，以及与部落健康、生活方式、法律和政策有关的课程，讲习班的主题将包括讨论所代表的每个部落的需要;与TCU讨论在STEM领域成功毕业的学生，并讨论将学士学位STEM毕业生过渡到研究生学位课程的最佳做法;讨论研究机会，其与部落需求的相关性，以及确定自然合作伙伴;来自不同机构的美洲原住民研究生介绍了什么已经和没有工作，以及一个中心可以为他们和他们的继任者做什么;关于一个中心如何改变美洲原住民研究生的经验的文化讨论;关于现有课程和新课程整合的教育讨论;以及关于后续活动的讨论，包括探讨中心的资金来源。 讨论将由一名主持人主持，讲习班将包括一个评价部分。 最终报告将吸收研讨会和后续活动的信息，预计将包括中心的初步路线图和潜在资金来源的确定。