Computer Science Indigenous Community of Learners United to Develop, Excel, and Succeed

计算机科学本土学习者社区联合起来发展、超越并取得成功

• 批准号: 2130371
• 负责人: Deborah Trytten
• 金额: $ 149.89万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2130371&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; Science; Indigenous; Community; Learners

Only one Tribal College in the U.S. has a Computer Science BS program, and other colleges and universities graduate small numbers of indigenous students per year per school in Computer Science. These numbers fall well short of the needs of the at least three million tribal members from 574 Tribal Nations in a society that is increasingly mediated by computing. This project aims to produce Computer Science graduates who have been nurtured and mentored to support Tribal Nation building to greatly enhance the technological capabilities of the Nations. This will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the University of Oklahoma. Over its six-year duration, this project will fund scholarships to 23 unique full-time students who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science. The lessons learned during this project will help the University of Oklahoma institutionalize the structures that should form sustainable pathways to Computer Science for indigenous students.The goal of this project is to attract, recruit, retain, and graduate students with an interest in Tribal Nation building and Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma. To accomplish this goal, two cohorts will be recruited under the guidance of an advisory board, composed of individuals from organizations that understand and support Indigenous Education. The advisory board will also help develop a Computer Science program that is culturally competent and has value for indigenous students, their communities, and other students interested in supporting indigenous communities. Tribes and Indian Education Departments will be partners to generate tribal communities’ interest in Computer Science as a discipline and as a means to help with Tribal Nation building. Students in the program will be provided a weekly Study Hall where peer mentors will support their academic achievement, and scholars will be matched with two faculty mentors: one with expertise in Indigenous Education and one in Computer Science, and group academic advising will be employed to support a cohort community. A Student Success Advisory Board of staff and faculty will identify relevant supports and resources needed for the students in the program and will advise on integrating these programs into academic structures. Students in the program will be given professional development opportunities including internships in indigenous communities, service-learning projects to benefit tribal communities, and undergraduate research projects. This project will be evaluated by an Indigenous Education researcher with expertise in indigenous methodologies. Evaluation results and lessons learned will be disseminated through Engineering Education and Indigenous Higher Education conferences and journals. This project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.

美国只有一所部落学院设有计算机科学学士学位课程，其他学院和大学每年每所学校都会有少量土著学生毕业于计算机科学专业。这些数字远远不能满足来自 574 个部落国家的至少 300 万部落成员的需求，而这个社会日益由计算机作为中介。该项目旨在培养计算机科学专业的毕业生，他们经过培养和指导，可以支持部落国家建设，从而大大提高国家的技术能力。这将通过支持俄克拉荷马大学有经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的保留和毕业，满足国家对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求。该项目为期六年，将为 23 名攻读计算机科学学士学位的全日制学生提供奖学金。该项目期间吸取的经验教训将帮助俄克拉荷马大学将结构制度化，为土著学生形成可持续的计算机科学途径。该项目的目标是吸引、招募、留住对部落国家建设和计算机科学感兴趣的学生，并在俄克拉荷马大学攻读研究生。为了实现这一目标，将在咨询委员会的指导下招募两个群体，该委员会由来自理解和支持土著教育的组织的个人组成。顾问委员会还将帮助开发一个计算机科学项目，该项目具有文化能力，并对土著学生、他们的社区和其他有兴趣支持土著社区的学生有价值。部落和印第安教育部门将成为合作伙伴，激发部落社区对计算机科学作为一门学科和帮助部落国家建设的手段的兴趣。 该项目的学生每周将有一个自习室，同伴导师将在其中支持他们的学术成就，学者们将与两名教师导师相匹配：一名拥有土著教育方面的专业知识，另一名拥有计算机科学方面的专业知识，并且将聘请团体学术咨询来支持群体社区。由教职员工和教职员工组成的学生成功咨询委员会将确定该项目学生所需的相关支持和资源，并就将这些项目整合到学术结构中提供建议。该项目的学生将获得专业发展机会，包括在土著社区实习、造福部落社区的服务学习项目以及本科生研究项目。该项目将由一位具有土著方法专业知识的土著教育研究人员进行评估。评估结果和经验教训将通过工程教育和本土高等教育会议和期刊传播。该项目由 NSF 科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，该项目旨在增加具有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生获得 STEM 领域学位的数量。它还旨在改善未来 STEM 工作者的教育，并产生有关低收入学生的学业成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。