Building on Success: Indigenous Alliance Expansion

立足成功：本土联盟扩张

• 批准号: 0836986
• 负责人: Herb Schroeder
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Anchorage Campus
• 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: 2008-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0836986&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Success; Indigenous; Alliance; Expansion

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project will add the following expansion schools to the Indigenous Alliance: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Idaho, and University of North Dakota. Under the leadership and guidance of the founding institution, the University of Alaska Anchorage, each of these Alliance Universities has formed a partnership with high schools and industrial participants. The goal of this project, which builds upon and adds to an existing alliance of six institutions--University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Hawai?i Manoa, University of Washington, Kapiolani Community College, and Kuskokwim Community College?is to effect a systematic change in the hiring patterns of Indigenous Americans in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by increasing the number of individuals on a career path to leadership in STEM fields. Basic to the work of each of these teams is the Pre-College portion of the model. Each team works with high schools and industrial partners in order to establish computer labs in Native communities and/or in schools with substantial indigenous populations. In the labs, high school students assemble computers, train on specific engineering and science software packages, and teach others how to build computers. Students are required to successfully complete chemistry, physics, and trigonometry prior to graduation. Students who meet all of the programmatic requirements earn the right to keep the computer. The work will advance the knowledge and understanding of key elements that serve to motivate native students and to sustain their interest through successful degree completion.While the project focuses primarily on the replication of the pre-college model developed at the University of Alaska Anchorage, it will also contribute to the strengthening of the STEM pipeline including summer bridge programs, university retention programs, and graduate education at the participating universities. The proposed pre-college project has the potential to bring about a substantial increase in the number of Indigenous Americans studying engineering and other STEM fields at the participating universities. NSF funding will be substantially leveraged by matching funds from participating universities and their industry school system partners. Partners central to this Indigenous Alliance activity include University of Alaska Anchorage(lead institution), universities: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Idaho, and University of North Dakota; high schools: Lapwai Junior-Senior HS (Nez Perce), Four Winds Community High School; Boulder Valley Schools; Leadership Institute: Boulder Valley Schools; non-academic organizations: Ford Foundation, Sloan Foundation, 3M, and J.D. Abrams Native American Support Fund; evaluator(also a non-academic organization): Urban Institute.

这一创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目将为土著联盟增加以下扩展学校：南达科他州矿业与技术学院、科罗拉多大学博尔德分校、爱达荷州大学和北达科他州大学。 在创始机构阿拉斯加安克雷奇大学的领导和指导下，这些联盟大学中的每一所都与高中和工业参与者建立了伙伴关系。 这个项目的目标是建立在现有的六个机构联盟的基础上，并增加了这六个机构--阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校、阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校、夏威夷大学？i Manoa，华盛顿大学，Kapiolani社区学院，Kuskokwim社区学院？在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域，通过增加在STEM领域领导职业道路上的个人数量，实现土著美国人招聘模式的系统性变化。 每个团队工作的基础是模型的大学预科部分。 每个小组与高中和工业伙伴合作，以便在土著社区和/或有大量土著人口的学校建立计算机实验室。 在实验室里，高中生组装计算机，训练特定的工程和科学软件包，并教别人如何构建计算机。 学生必须在毕业前成功完成化学，物理和三角学。 符合所有程序要求的学生有权保留计算机。 这项工作将促进知识和理解的关键因素，有助于激励本地学生，并保持他们的兴趣，通过成功的学位完成。虽然该项目主要侧重于复制在阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇开发的大学预科模式，它也将有助于加强STEM管道，包括夏桥计划，大学保留计划，以及参与大学的研究生教育。 拟议的大学预科项目有可能大幅增加在参与大学学习工程和其他STEM领域的土著美国人的数量。 NSF的资金将通过参与大学及其工业学校系统合作伙伴的匹配资金来充分利用。这项土著联盟活动的核心合作伙伴包括阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校（牵头机构），大学：南达科他州矿业与技术学院、科罗拉多大学博尔德分校、爱达荷州大学和北达科他州大学;高中：拉普瓦伊初中-高中HS（内兹珀斯），四风社区高中;博尔德谷学校;领导学院：博尔德谷学校;非学术组织：福特基金会、斯隆基金会、3 M和J.D.艾布拉姆斯美洲原住民支助基金;评价人（也是非学术组织）：城市研究所。