Building a Network for Education and Employment in Environmental Stewardship of Indigenous Lands

建立土著土地环境管理教育和就业网络

• 批准号: 1744524
• 负责人: Timberley Roane
• 金额: $ 29.85万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Denver-Downtown Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1744524&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Network; Education; Employment; Environmental

For the United States to maintain its leading role on the world economic stage, it is essential to strengthen the American workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Our current prosperity and our future success hinge on recruiting, training, and employing the creative and industrious STEM professionals who drive the innovation economy. Strengthening the American STEM workforce depends, in part, on broadening participation to students from demographics that have traditionally been underrepresented in STEM. This NSF INCLUDES Launch Pilot project will foster recruitment, training, and employment for indigenous STEM students, where the term "indigenous" comprises the terms Native American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Hawaiian Native. Specifically, this project will support the design and development of a first-of-its-kind network focused on environmental stewardship of indigenous lands. The network will comprise both tribal and government partners and will be organized by three faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver. Student recruitment, training, and employment will be organized around the unifying principle of land stewardship. The focus on land stewardship has been selected not only because it demands the expertise of STEM professionals, but also because land stewardship is among the top motivations for indigenous students considering STEM careers. Accordingly, this work is important on several fronts: It addresses the recognized need for STEM professionals; it broadens participation to students from underrepresented groups; and it provides a test bed for collective action by a first-of-its-kind network of tribal, government, and university partners.The proposed network will work together to design, deploy, and debug a unique educational program giving students an opportunity to train for employment as tribal liaisons in the environmental field. In particular, this program will address the need for culturally-sensitive, scientifically-trained individuals who can serve as tribal liaisons between tribal and non-tribal organizations, which will allow them to prevent, minimize, or manage environmental incidents through their understanding of STEM principles and organizational dynamics. All students in this educational program will earn a regular four-year STEM degree, but a key feature of the program is that they will also participate in training and internships designed to provide background with nontechnical matters such as cultural awareness, environmental regulations, and organizational dynamics. Additionally, this educational program is designed to support recruitment of indigenous students by (1) providing a clear vision of a high-impact, culturally-relevant professional career and by (2) providing a cultural connection with obtaining a college degree. Taken together, the network aims to increase enrollment, retention, graduation, and alumni activity by indigenous students. Best practices and strategies for collective impact will be used to document achievement of the network in increasing the enrollment, retention, graduation, and alumni activity of indigenous students in higher education and in STEM careers. Continuous feedback will be collected to assess partner engagement and durability, and student satisfaction, performance, and progress. The network is expected to be sustainable because it addresses a demonstrated need; it is expected to be scalable because scientifically aware, culturally-sensitive individuals who can serve as tribal liaisons are needed not only regionally, but nationally.

美国要想保持在世界经济舞台上的领导地位，就必须加强美国在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的劳动力。我们目前的繁荣和未来的成功取决于招聘，培训和雇用推动创新经济的创造性和勤奋的STEM专业人士。加强美国STEM劳动力在一定程度上取决于扩大学生的参与，这些学生来自传统上在STEM中代表性不足的人口。这个NSF INCLUDES启动试点项目将促进土著STEM学生的招聘，培训和就业，其中“土著”一词包括美洲原住民，美洲印第安人，阿拉斯加原住民和夏威夷原住民。具体而言，该项目将支持设计和开发一个以土著土地环境管理为重点的首个此类网络。该网络将包括部落和政府合作伙伴，并将由科罗拉多大学丹佛分校的三名教师组织。学生的招聘，培训和就业将围绕土地管理的统一原则组织。选择土地管理工作不仅是因为它需要STEM专业人员的专业知识，还因为土地管理工作是土著学生考虑STEM职业的最大动机之一。因此，这项工作在几个方面都很重要：它解决了对STEM专业人员的公认需求;它扩大了代表性不足群体的学生的参与;它为部落、政府和大学合作伙伴的首次集体行动提供了试验平台。拟议中的网络将共同设计、部署并设计一个独特的教育计划，让学生有机会接受培训，成为环境领域的部落联络员。特别是，该计划将满足对文化敏感，受过科学训练的个人的需求，他们可以作为部落和非部落组织之间的部落联络人，这将使他们能够通过对STEM原则和组织动态的理解来预防，最大限度地减少或管理环境事件。在这个教育计划的所有学生将获得定期四年STEM学位，但该计划的一个关键特征是，他们还将参加培训和实习，旨在提供背景与非技术事项，如文化意识，环境法规和组织动态。此外，这一教育方案旨在通过以下方式支持土著学生的招聘：（1）提供一个具有高影响力、与文化相关的职业生涯的明确愿景;（2）提供与获得大学学位的文化联系。总的来说，该网络旨在增加土著学生的入学率、保留率、毕业率和校友活动。集体影响的最佳做法和战略将用于记录该网络在提高土著学生在高等教育和STEM职业中的入学率、保留率、毕业率和校友活动方面取得的成就。 将收集持续的反馈，以评估合作伙伴的参与度和持久性，以及学生的满意度，表现和进步。 该网络预计将是可持续的，因为它解决了一个明显的需求;预计将是可扩展的，因为科学意识，文化敏感的个人谁可以作为部落联络人不仅需要区域，但全国。

项目成果

Application of the Indigenous evaluation framework to a university certificate program for building cultural awareness in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

将本土评估框架应用于大学证书课程，以培养科学、技术、工程和数学方面的文化意识

• DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102066
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Evaluation and Program Planning
• 影响因子: 1.6
• 作者: Velez, Christine;Nuechterlein, Bridget;Connors, Susan;RedShirt Tyon, Grace;Roane, Timberley M.;Mays, David C.
• 通讯作者: Mays, David C.

Opinion: Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into an Engineering Course

意见：将多样性、公平性和包容性融入工程课程

• DOI: 10.18260/3-1-1153-36034
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Advances in Enginering Education
• 作者: Rice, Cynthia;Mays, David
• 通讯作者: Mays, David