Native Science Report: Strengthening STEM Education and Research Within Tribal and Native-Serving Colleges

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为本国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学和研究能力。扩大这些机构以学科为基础的研究和STEM课程的提供，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性和回报的职业的机会，提供可能具有文化意义的领域的研究性学习，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。该项目通过传播联邦资助实现的学院的成就和发现来支持这一目标，并为全国一部分土著公民增加对部落学院的知识和了解，以及它们在经济和社区发展中的作用。在美国大多数部落控制的学院和大学中，科学、技术、工程和数学现在是课程中最大和最具活力的部分。虽然这些学院规模较小，资金不足，但它们都是即将毕业的学生，准备在从电气工程到土著环境科学等领域工作或获得研究生学位。此外，通过将传统文化价值观、学生研究机会和社区发展项目纳入其学位课程，所有这些学校都在开创STEM教育的新方法。然而，在部落学院以外工作的人很少意识到这些成就。由于部落大学代表着一个相对年轻的教育运动，许多美国人并不知道它们的存在。即使是那些熟悉这些大学的人，也经常对它们迅速扩张的STEM项目的多样性和复杂性感到惊讶。这项提议的目的是解决部落学院内提高国民对STEM教育方案的认识的需要，此外，通过开发《土著科学报告》，促进部落学院STEM教职员工之间的更大交流，这是一份新的在线期刊，重点关注部落和为土著服务的学院和大学内的STEM教育(nativesciencereport.org)。这本年轻的出版物由西塞顿·瓦佩顿学院赞助，正在显著扩大其报告部落大学运动中STEM教育趋势的能力。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the discipline-based research and 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. This project supports that goal by disseminating the achievements and findings of the colleges that have been realized with federal funding, and to increase the knowledge and understanding of tribal colleges and their role in economic and community development for a subset of the Nation's Native citizens.Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics now represent the largest and most dynamic parts of the curriculum within most of the nation's tribally controlled colleges and universities. While small and underfunded, these colleges are graduating students ready to work or earn graduate degrees in fields ranging from electrical engineering to Native environmental science. Additionally, all are pioneering new approaches to STEM education by incorporating traditional cultural values, student research opportunities, and community development projects into their degree programs. However, few people working outside of the tribal colleges are aware of these accomplishments. Because tribal colleges represent a relatively young educational movement, many Americans do not know they exist. Even those familiar with the colleges are often surprised by the diversity and sophistication of their rapidly expanding STEM programs. The purpose of this proposal is to address the need for greater national awareness of STEM education programs within tribal colleges and, additionally, to promote greater communication between tribal college STEM faculty through the development of Native Science Report , a new online journal focusing on STEM education within tribal and Native-serving colleges and universities (nativesciencereport.org). This young publication, which is sponsored by Sisseton Wahpeton College, is significantly expanding its capacity to report on trends in STEM education within the tribal college movement.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.