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.

这项创新合作伙伴关系（PFI）项目将为土著联盟增加以下扩展学校：科罗拉多州科罗拉多大学博尔德大学，爱达荷大学和北达科他大学的南达科他州矿业与技术学院。 在创始机构的领导和指导下，阿拉斯加大学的锚地，这些联盟大学都与高中和工业参与者建立了伙伴关系。 该项目的目标是建立并增加了六个机构的现有联盟 - 阿拉斯加锚地，阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯大学，夏威夷大学？I Manoa？i Manoa，华盛顿大学，Kapiolani社区学院和Kuskokokwim社区学院吗？通过在STEM领域的职业生涯中增加个人的数量。 这些团队中每个团队的工作的基础是模型的预科部分。 每个团队都与高中和工业伙伴合作，以便在本地社区和/或拥有大量土著人口的学校中建立计算机实验室。 在实验室中，高中生组装计算机，培训特定的工程和科学软件包，并教别人如何构建计算机。 在毕业之前，要求学生成功完成化学，物理和三角学。 满足所有程序要求的学生获得了保留计算机的权利。 这项工作将促进对有助于激励土著学生并通过成功的学位完成的关键要素的知识和理解。该项目主要关注在阿拉斯加锚定大学开发的前大学模型的复制，但它还将有助于加强STEM管道的加强，包括夏季桥梁课程，大学保留计划，大学保留课程和参与大学的教育。 拟议的预科项目有可能使参与大学研究工程和其他STEM领域的土著美国人数量大幅增加。 NSF的资金将通过与参与大学及其行业学校系统合作伙伴的资金相匹配来大大利用。这项土著联盟活动中心的合作伙伴包括阿拉斯加大学锚定大学（主要机构），大学：南达科他州矿业与技术学院，科罗拉多大学博尔德大学，爱达荷大学和北达科他大学；高中：Lapwai Junior-Senior HS（NEZ Perce），四个风社区高中；博尔德谷学校；领导力研究所：博尔德谷学校； 非学术组织：福特基金会，斯隆基金会，3M和J.D. Abrams美国原住民支持基金；评估者（也是非学术组织）：城市学院。