PEEC Workshop 2014: Building a Bridge to the Future

部落学院和大学计划（TCUP）的一个目标是提高为美国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的STEM教学和研究能力。在这些机构扩大STEM课程的范围，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、回报丰厚的职业的机会，为可能具有文化意义的领域提供研究，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。TCUP的“工程前教育合作计划”（PEEC）旨在通过帮助部落学院建立两年制工程前课程和学位，使之与四年制工程课程无缝衔接，并提供与地区和文化相关的研究和服务学习项目，从而增加美国印第安人学习工程的人数。南达科塔州的部落学院西塞顿·瓦佩顿学院将为参与PEEC四个项目的16个合作机构召开一次研讨会。研讨会将为PEEC的管理人员、教师和研究人员提供一个论坛，以分享和学习针对美国印第安部落大学生的工程预科学习的新策略。将讨论有效的工程学位课程的新模式、适当的课程、教学方法以及必要的支持机制，以确保部落大学生成功获得工程学位。在讲习班上，项目将介绍已取得的定性和定量成果，以及本可以采取的不同做法。项目将被要求确定他们遇到的阻碍PEEC过程的问题，以及任何已实施或计划的解决方案。确定继续筹资的战略将是讲习班的一项重要成果。将编写一份正式报告，其中包含研讨会的调查结果和建议。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the STEM instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. The Pre-Engineering Education Collaboratives (PEEC) strand of TCUP is designed to increase the number of American Indians in engineering by helping tribal colleges establish two-year pre-engineering courses and degrees that seamlessly articulate to four-year engineering programs, and to provide research and service learning projects that are regionally and culturally relevant.Sisseton Wahpeton College, a tribal college located in South Dakota, will convene a workshop for the sixteen partner institutions that are involved in the four PEEC projects. The workshop will provide a forum for PEEC administrators, faculty, and researchers to share and learn new strategies for pre-engineering study geared toward American Indian tribal college students. New models for effective engineering degree tracks, appropriate curricula, methods of instructional delivery, along with the necessary support mechanisms will be discussed helping to assure tribal college students successfully earn engineering degrees. At the workshop, projects will present what qualitative and quantitative outcomes have been achieved and what could have been done differently. Projects will be asked to identify issues they encountered that hindered the PEEC process along with any implemented or planned solutions. Identifying strategies for continued funding will be a critical workshop outcome. A formal report will be written that captures the workshop findings and recommendations.