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

美国只有一所部落学院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有少量的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，而这个社会越来越多地以计算机为媒介。本计划旨在培养经培育及辅导的计算机科学毕业生，以支援部落国家的建设，大大提升部落国家的科技能力。这将有助于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，通过支持在俄克拉何马大学表现出经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的保留和毕业。在为期六年的时间里，该项目将为23名攻读计算机科学学士学位的全日制学生提供奖学金。在这个项目中吸取的经验教训将有助于俄克拉何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、保留和毕业于俄克拉何马大学对部落国家建设和计算机科学感兴趣的学生。为了实现这一目标，将在一个咨询委员会的指导下征聘两个小组，该小组由了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具有文化竞争力的计算机科学项目，该项目对土著学生、他们的社区和其他有兴趣支持土著社区的学生有价值。部落和印第安人教育部门将成为合作伙伴，培养部落社区对计算机科学的兴趣，将其作为一门学科和帮助部落国家建设的一种手段。参加该计划的学生将每周参加一次自习，在那里，同侪导师将支持他们的学术成就，学者将与两位教师导师相匹配：一位具有土著教育方面的专长，另一位具有计算机科学方面的专长，并将采用小组学术建议来支持队列社区。由教职员工组成的学生成功咨询委员会将确定项目中学生所需的相关支持和资源，并将建议将这些项目整合到学术结构中。该计划的学生将获得专业发展机会，包括在土著社区实习，为部落社区提供服务学习项目，以及本科生研究项目。该项目将由一名具有土著方法专门知识的土著教育研究员进行评价。评价结果和吸取的教训将通过工程教育和土著高等教育会议和期刊传播。该项目由美国国家科学基金会的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生在STEM领域获得学位的人数。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、留校、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.