Planning Workshop for a Regional Native American Graduate Research Center

这次研讨会的重点是探索建立一个区域美洲原住民研究生研究中心的可行性。研讨会将吸引来自西北地区和更广泛的美国的美洲原住民教育、培训和研究的不同利益相关者。参与这一协作过程的人将包括来自美国西北部原住民部落和部落间组织的领导人，来自美国西部部落学院和大学(TCU)的代表，来自NSF赞助的路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)和研究生教育和教授联盟(AGEP)项目的代表，来自爱达荷大学(UI)和美国西部其他拥有强大美洲原住民课程的多数院校的管理人员和教职员工。研讨会将探索创造性、原创性和潜在的变革性概念，从长远来看，这些概念可能成为美国原住民研究生教育的典范，提高STEM学位获得并加强劳动力。研讨会的一个目标是建立一个共识愿景，为美洲原住民研究生建立一个磁铁中心，让他们从事与他们的文化背景和兴趣相关的研究。这样一个跨学科的中心将以自然资源、卫生、教育、法律和政策以及经济方面的研究机会为特色。在教育方面，这样一个中心将开发反映美洲原住民综合世界观的整体课程，例如与部落健康、生活方式、法律和政策有关的生态系统背景下的森林科学。讲习班的主题将包括讨论每个部落的需要；与代表的TCU讨论在STEM领域毕业的学生所取得的成功，以及讨论将STEM学士毕业生转变为研究生学位课程的最佳做法；讨论研究机会、研究机会与部落需求的相关性以及确定自然伙伴；来自不同机构的美洲原住民研究生介绍了什么是成功的和没有成功的，以及中心可以为他们和他们的继任者做些什么；关于中心如何改变美国原住民研究生的经历的文化讨论；关于融入现有课程和新课程的教育讨论；以及关于后续活动的讨论，包括探索中心的资金来源。讨论将由一名主持人领导，讲习班将包括一个评价部分。最终报告将吸收研讨会和后续活动的信息，预计将包括中心的初步路线图和确定潜在的资金来源。

This workshop is focused on exploring the feasibility of a Regional Native American Graduate Research Center. The workshop will engage a diverse group of stakeholders in Native American education, training, and research from the Northwest region, and from the broader U.S. Participants in this collaborative process will include leaders from Native American tribes and inter-tribal organizations in the Northwest, representatives from Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) across the western U.S., representatives from NSF-sponsored Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) projects, and administrators and faculty from the University of Idaho (UI) and other majority institutions in the western U.S. that have strong Native American programs.The workshop will explore creative, original, and potentially transformative concepts that could, in the long term, become a model for Native American graduate education, improving STEM degree attainment and strengthening the workforce. A goal of the workshop is to create a consensus vision for a magnet center for Native American graduate students to engage in research relevant to their cultural backgrounds and interests. Such an interdisciplinary center would feature research opportunities in natural resources, health, education, law and policy, and economics. On the education side, such a center would develop holistic curricula that reflect the integrated world view of Native Americans, such as forest science in the context of ecosystems, with relation to tribal health, lifestyle, law and policy.Workshop topics will include discussion on the needs of each tribe represented; discussion with the TCUs represented on what has been successful with graduating their students in STEM fields, and discussion on best practices for transitioning baccalaureate STEM graduates into graduate degree programs; discussion on research opportunities, their relevance to tribal needs, and identification of natural partners; presentation by Native American graduate students from various institutions on what has and has not worked, and what a center could do for them and their successors; a culture discussion on how a center could transform the experience of Native American graduate students; an education discussion on integration within existing curricula and new curricula; and discussion on follow-on activities, including exploration into sources of funding for a center. Discussions will be led by a facilitator, and the workshop will include an evaluation component. A final report will assimilate information from the workshop and follow-on activities, and is expected to include an initial roadmap for a center and identification of potential funding sources.