PEEC Workshop 2014: Building a Bridge to the Future

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为国家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领域追求富有挑战性和回报的职业的机会，提供在可能具有文化意义的领域进行研究的机会，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。TCUP的工程前教育协作计划(PEEC)旨在通过帮助部落学院建立与四年工程计划无缝衔接的两年制工程前课程和学位，并提供与地区和文化相关的研究和服务学习项目，来增加美国印第安人在工程学领域的人数。位于南达科他州的部落学院西塞顿·瓦佩顿学院将为参与四个PEEC项目的16个合作机构举办一次研讨会。研讨会将为PEEC管理人员、教师和研究人员提供一个论坛，以分享和学习面向美国印第安人部落大学生的工程前研究的新策略。将讨论有效的工程学学位跟踪的新模式、适当的课程、教学方法以及必要的支持机制，以帮助确保部落大学生成功获得工程学学位。在研讨会上，项目将介绍已经取得的质量和数量成果，以及本可以以不同方式完成的工作。项目将被要求确定它们遇到的阻碍PEEC进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，其中包含研讨会的结论和建议。

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.