Collaborative Research PEEC: 2+2+2+Infinity: Pipeline for Tribal Pre-Engineering to Society

这次合作TCUP学院Cankdeska Cikana社区学院社区学院，CCCC，英尺。贝特霍尔德社区学院，FBCC，海龟山社区学院，TMCC，坐牛学院，SBC，和北达科他州州立大学，NDSU，是超过11年的保留地上的STEM教育积极参与的高潮，包括一个工程教授在TMCC为期一年的学术休假。 它支持部落学院扩大保留地居民生活选择的愿景，可以为部落决策提供更多的技术能力，改善基础设施，并在不丧失文化遗产的情况下为个人和部落的进步提供机会。 对于NDSU的好处将包括扩大多元文化学生的参与，共同履行1862/1994年土地赠款使命，改善师生沟通和互动，扩大进入STEM专业的人才库。 该提案的核心是部落高中，部落学院，主流大学和工程专业利益相关者的互动，以促进部落学生的招聘，教育和支持，以获得和磨练技能，使他们能够进入工程专业或以其他方式为社区和国家做出贡献。 该提案将通过与教师/工作人员，课程和支持职能/机构的互动来影响学生，从而实现这一愿景。 所有这些都将以文化支持的方式实现。

This collaboration among TCUP colleges Cankdeska Cikana Community College Community College, CCCC, Ft. Berthold Community College, FBCC, Turtle Mountain Community College , TMCC, and Sitting Bull College, SBC, and North Dakota State University, NDSU, is the culmination of more than 11 years of active engagement in STEM education on the reservation, including a year-long academic sabbatical at TMCC by an engineering professor. It supports a tribal college vision of expanded life-choices for reservation residents that could provide more technical competency for tribal decision-making, infrastructure improvement and the opportunity for personal and tribal advancement without loss of cultural heritage. For NDSU the benefits would include expanded participation of culturally diverse students, shared fulfillment of the 1862/1994 land grant mission, improved faculty-student communication and interaction and expansion of the talent pool entering STEM professions. The heart of the proposal is the interaction of tribal high school, tribal college, mainstream University and engineering profession stakeholders to facilitate the recruitment, education and support of tribal students to acquire and hone the skills that will allow them to enter the engineering profession or contribute in some other fashion to their communities and the nation. The proposal will accomplish this vision by impacting students through interactions with faculty/ staff, curriculum and supporting functions/agencies. All of this will be accomplished in a culturally supportive fashion.