CISE Minority Institutions Infrastructure: Computer Information Systems Programs for The Navajo Nation

9633177 Larason，凯瑟琳S纳瓦霍社区学院 CISE少数民族机构基础设施：纳瓦霍民族计算机信息系统计划 该项目的目标是根据区域就业需求、学生的教育经验和计算机协会的建议，更新和扩大纳瓦霍学生的两年制计算机课程。 政府，教育，卫生服务和私营雇主在四个角落地区将接受调查，以评估当前和预计的信息科学员工的需求。 调查结果将在Tsaile会议上提交给高中和大学信息科学教育工作者和雇主。 纳瓦霍社区学院的CS和CIS课程将根据调查结果、会议建议和ACM建议的两年制计算机课程进行修改和扩展，以更好地为纳瓦霍学生的进一步教育或在信息产业就业做好准备。 该项目意义重大，原因如下： - 包括首次在该领域进行的信息科学就业调查; - 在高中和大学计算机教育者之间建立通信， 目前不存在的雇主;以及 - 改善学生的教育和就业前景

9633177 Larason, Katherine S Navajo Community College CISE Minority Institutions Infrastructure: Computer Information Systems Programs for The Navajo Nation The goal of the project is to update and expand two-year computing curricula and courses for Navajo students based on regional employment needs, students' educational experience, and recommendations of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Governmental, educational, health services, and private employers in the Four Corners region will be surveyed to assess current and projected needs for information science employees. Survey results will be presented to high school and college information science educators and employers at a Tsaile meeting. The CS and CIS programs at Navajo Community College will be modified and expanded - based on survey findings, recommendations from the meeting, and ACM suggested curricula for two-year programs in computing - to better prepare Navajo students for further education or to find employment in the information industry. The project is significant for several reasons, such as: - including the first survey of information science employment ever done in this area; - establishing communications among high school and college computing educators, and employers that do not currently exist; and - enhancing students' educational and employment prospects